Best Boxing Biographys

i really enjoyes jake lamottas,johnny nelsons and johnny tapias,theyre all autobiographies though.

 

Johnny Nelson's was a good one.

 

i dont know the diffence between autobiography's and biography's but johnny tapia's (mi vida loca) , roberto durans (hands of stone) and dark trade are the best boxing books i have read all fantastic in there own way

 

micky ward's irish thunder is good and also angelo dundee and teddy atlas's are really good aswell

 

Against the odds, Larry Holmes biography! Very good read indeed! :bbb

 

The Devil and Sonny Liston

Pound for Pound (sugar ray robinson bio)

Angelo Dundees bio is great

Jack Dempseys is great although I forget what it's called.

 

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Two that I read and thought were very interesting. Were "Unforgivable Blackness" which also had a DVD as it was a PBS program by Ken Burns, and is a bio of Jack Johnson.

And "A flame of Pure Fire" which is a bio of Jack Dempsey. By Roger Kahn.

 

An autobiography essentially means the person in question either wrote it himself, or more commonly, co-wrote it with a professional writer. A biography usually means there was very little input from the subject being written about. Could be because he's/she's no longer alive or it could be because they have simply chosen not to cooperate.

 

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Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser

This book actually inspired me to keep reading in high school. It was one of the first books I ever read, but kept picking one up after another after this one.

The Sonny Liston one someone mentioned was really good too.

I mean, I like to read a ton of boxer's biographies and autobiographies, some are better than others of course, but I feel if I learn just a little something more it was usually worth it.

 

johnny tapias, angelo dundee's, teddy atlas' and ken buchanans were all very good.

 

I enjoyed all of the Jack Dempsey Biographies and his autobio but A Flame of Pure Fire was exceptional.