Best Boxing Books You've Read

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  1. morrie21

    morrie21 Active Member Full Member

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    Looking to get some more boxing books into my collection. What ones would you recommend - my top 3 are The Sweet Science by AJ Liebling, The Gods Of War by Springs Toledo and Dark Trade: Lost In Boxing by Don McRae. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else recommends
     
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  2. Jim Bowen

    Jim Bowen MARVELOUS Full Member

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    Christian Giudice's books on Duran and Arguello are top reads. Dark Trade was a good one as well.
     
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    Sugar Ray Leonard and Mike Tyson autobiographies.
     
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    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    falling hard

    fighting chance
     
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    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    'The Hate Game', 'War and Peace'. These two are really good.
     
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    Bruno - really interesting read and opens your eyes to some of what Franks issues were, really glad I read it.
     
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    Ricky Hattons latest book and Adam Smiths Beautiful Brutality Just about to start the journeyman book by Ben Dirrs
     
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    .... "In this corner". Very good read.
     
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  9. Loz

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    Totally agree about 'Dark Trade' - Best boxing book I've read. Very well written and an interesting insight into a great era. Plenty of stuff about Toney, Tyson etc. and researched very well on a personal level. People seemed to really open up to him. I can't recommend it highly enough.

    Four Kings is the obvious choice if you haven't read it though...
     
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  10. LondonRingRules

    LondonRingRules Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd seriously recommend 'The soul of a butterfly' by Muhammad Ali and his daughter.
     
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    wayne189 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Whats the name of the book about journeymen? Id love to read about the ins and outs and difficulties faced by journeymen, they dont get the recognition they deserve
     
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    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The books on Benny lynch and Jackie turpin are among the best I've read.wee Benny's fall from hero to zero was fast and brutal even by bookings standard.
    The turpin book was sad, funny and patriotic in equal measures.
     
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    Mickey Duff's Twenty and Out is decent.
     
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  14. morrie21

    morrie21 Active Member Full Member

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    Oh yeah Ringside by Budd Schulberg and McIlvanney on Boxing are well worth reading too
     
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    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    a lot of Boxing Bio's are **** really, some obviously aren't, but the ones that try to give you visual feel and awareness for the actual fighters and period and place do it best.

    the Rochdale Thunderbolt
    the Prince of Boxers
    Men of Steel
    Facing Ali

    are all among the best I have read.
     
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