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  1. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Unforgivable Blackness about Jack Johnson is another very good one.

    Does anyone recall one of the earlier books on Muhammad Ali that was written by Wilfred Sheed? A very good one on Ali but it seems to have disappeared over time.
     
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  2. Freddy Benson.

    Freddy Benson. Active Member Full Member

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    That's a great thread. Thanks for linking to it. Wonder if threads can be combined?
     
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  3. Freddy Benson.

    Freddy Benson. Active Member Full Member

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    Unforgiveable Blackness is such a good book. Did you seen the Ken Burns documentary? If anyone has Amazon Prime there's a free week's trial of PBS America and it's on there. That might vary depending upon location.

    And great mention of McIlvaney On Boxing. That's a stunning piece of writing.
     
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  4. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    an excellent bio & boxing Doc... loved it!
     
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  5. mcvey

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    Recommended
    The Sweet Science
    A Neutral Corner
    by A J Liebling

    Dark Trade by Donald MaCrae

    All Adam Pollack's biographies of the heavyweight champions.

    The Hurt Business
    Four Kings
    By George Kimball

    Anything by Thomas Hauser.

    Anything by Springs Toledo

    Anything by Hugh McIlvanney

    The Professional by W C Heinz

    Anything by Randy Roberts

    I Fought Them All Tom Sharkey,by Moira Sharkey

    Sam Langford by Clay Moyle
    Ordered Billy Miske by him, but it hasn't arrived yet.

    Unforgiveable Blackness by Geoffrey C Ward

    Fifty Grand by Ernest Hemingway

    Jack Johnson by Finis Farr

    Bob Fitzsimmons by Gilbert Odd

    Pound For Pound Ray Robinson by Herb Boyd and Ray Robinson jnr

    In This Corner by Peter Heller

    The Road To Nowhere by Tris Dixon

    Joe Louis My Life by Art Rust and Joe Louis

    Dempsey by Himself

    Once There were Giants by Jerry Izenberg

    Anything by Reg Gutteridge

    Any articles by Red Smith

    Any articles by Jimmy Cannon
     
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  6. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    My pleasure but the real thanks goes to the suppliers in the thread. You’ll find there are a number of posters here who generously share their own, hard earned material - stuff you might not see or read otherwise.

    Welcome to the board brother.
     
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  7. Freddy Benson.

    Freddy Benson. Active Member Full Member

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    A great list! Some really fantastic writing.
     
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  8. Freddy Benson.

    Freddy Benson. Active Member Full Member

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    Thank you, appreciate the welcome.
     
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  9. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I enjoyed FACING ALI by Stephan Brunt,

    more than any other Boxing book I had read, simply because it is all 1st Hand accounts from Ali's Opponents... so, next to being there and reading the Actual Reports, you can't get a much more acurate account.

    an Excellent book.
     
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  10. Fergy

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    Currently half way through Unforgivable Blackness, the rise and fall of Jack Johnson.
    Brilliant story, picking things up that I never knew about the guy.
    Makes me appreciate him even more, and realise just what a great character as well as fighter he was.
     
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  11. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Just reading that Jack s book now, Stevie.
    Bloody interesting, love Reading about fighters from that era.
     
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    As usual, good one, mcvey.
     
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  13. mcvey

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    Yes, excellent insight in that one.
     
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  14. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    This isn’t exactly on subject but I haven’t found a thread where it seemed appropriate to post this to - this thread is as good as any.

    This is an antique collectables/valuation site - WORTHPOINT. There is a ton of stuff over a broad range of subject matters - including a number of less often seen boxing photos and boxing memorabilia otherwise.

    Type in a an old/current boxer of your choice and see you how you go:-

    https://www.worthpoint.com/
     
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  15. ETM

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    How many pages was that one?
     
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