Best boxing auto\biography?

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  1. suckeggs

    suckeggs Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What is the best auto\biography of a fighter you've read?

    My favourite is:
    Muhammed Ali: His Life and Times
    By Thomas Hauser


    I would recommend it to anyone.... very good read.
     
  2. Kingkazim

    Kingkazim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Read "Charley Burley and the black murderers row"
    I hear Teddy Atlas's autobiography was pretty good aswell
     
  3. spud1

    spud1 HAWK TIME!!!! Full Member

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    Chris eubanks is good.

    so is roberto durans

    as for ali's there are too many different ones
     
  4. ali's jockstrap

    ali's jockstrap Member Full Member

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    the only 2 ive ever read are life and times of muhammad ali and teddy atlas's book and theyve already been mentioned.

    Both are great ali's does get a bit boring at times as it mentions religion alot, however teddy atlas's book is fasinating and gripping all the way through, if its all true hes had 1 hell of a life and hes an utterly crazy *******!!
     
  5. joeyboy

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    Undefeated: Rocky Marciano fighter who who refused to lose. by Everett M. Skehan

    I couldnt put this book down, there was lots about Rockys training in it which was good
     
  6. BagsWithDust

    BagsWithDust Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Irish Thunder by Bob Hollerand is a very good book, really makes you feel for Micky Ward and what he has been through.
     
  7. mister

    mister Active Member Full Member

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    every boxers bio would be a good read as they all have stories,some are good and some are up and down,i dont think there are enough out there,:think
     
  8. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

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    Im going to surprise people here. Oscar de la Hoya: American Son.
     
  9. hussleman

    hussleman Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Muhammed Ali: His Life and Times and Larry Holmes book Against the Odds was a great read as well.Sugar Ray Leonard the baby face boxer was a good book to.
     
  10. sportofkings

    sportofkings Boxing Junkie banned

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    becoming holyfield along with a few already mentioned
     
  11. mrbassie

    mrbassie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Covers both of their lives so although technically not a biography.....
     
  12. Filthy McNasty

    Filthy McNasty Punchy Old Pug Full Member

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    Tapia's "Mi Vida Loca" is quite a read - painful and funny at times. Aaron Pryor's book was depressing and heavy but quite interesting.