best boxing books and why

Best boxing novel's W.C. Heinz's THE PROFESSIONAL. Eddie Brown, the lead character, is a thinly-veiled Billy Graham, a U.S. welter in the '40s, a picture boxer with an iron chin.

 

Has anyone read 'Jacobs Garden'? Thoughts?

Ive just got it yesterday and it looks promising.

 

this thread is back to 2007. I probably commented on it. Four Kings was great. I wish there were more books written by fighters about their experience and how they felt before big fights. The problem is nowadays the great fighters have to build up the other guys they fought because that is their legacy, so they might not be as truthful. And they usually build friendships with their contemporaries because of the shared experience.

 

Jacob's Beach? Ive got it ,excellent:good

Anything by Heinz, Liebling,McIllvanney,Heller, is also fine.

 

Of course you are right, 'Jacobs beach' i meant to say. Got mixed up with MSG there.

Im about to get stuck into it tonight

 

Great book.Yet another story of Jackie Gleason picking a fight with a former champ.

Best book's ive read has to be rocky grazianos+jake Lamottas

A pure flame of fire (jack Dempsey)gets a load of stick but i loved it

 

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Meant to be a very good book. Same author of Duran's "Hands of stone" book.

Review: http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/articles/14462-remembering-arguello

 

Jack Dempsey A flame of pure fire by roger kahn as well as his autobiography simply titled "Dempsey" i found to be great reads

 

Fraziers book is great...I have all books on Dempsey the best being the Flame of pure fire.
I have most of the boxing bio's out there.
Some of the ones that I liked alot are Nigel Benns book...McGuigans...Quarry bio.
The worst is Aaron Pryors book.

 

Why is Pryor's book bad?

 

I thought Quarry's was one of the worst biographies I've ever read. :nut

 

I loved Pryor's book, thought it was a fascinating read.

 

Got it on order as we speak...

 

Guys, anyone know the name of a book that had a section in it with some hypotheticals in it on Robinson/Leonard and Duran/Benny Leonard? Thanks.

 

I Fought Them All: The Life and Ring Battles of Prize-fighting Legend Tom Sharkey

Anybody read this??