Anyone read Boxings Brainiest Champion about Tunney? Is it really biased? It sounds interesting, detailing both Tunney and Dempseys career and how they met. Got the Greb one on the way, thanks to the earlier recomendation I just ordered Lynch's for 75p on Amazon!
Have you finished Jacobs Beach yet? What did you think? I have ordered it and I should have it the next day or two. I am looking forward to this one, it deals with a fascinating boxing era.....
Half way through, got some good stuff in there about this whole era, the exploitation of fighters namely Joe Louis, some interesting stuff about MSG and its Ring that was retired recently, most of the mob related stuff I've read before in Boxing Confidential (done better I might add) hopefully it warms up towards the end. And still the factual errors come thick and fast! Nikolas Valuev?
Well it's almost Christmas and I'm looking for a few books to put on my list. The ones I've quoted are books I'd be particularly interested to hear any reviews on. :good Also if there's any chance of finding a copy of 'Life and Times of Don King' without paying extortionate prices (how ironic) I'd be very grateful.
I am sure sometime ago I saw a thread regarding recommended books to read..Are there a few threads on here?...:think Anyone help...:think
Raging Bull - Jake La motta. - Makes the film look crap, not all about boxing but nough incite for fans of boxing and one of the best twists in any book of all time. The guys really honest which is one of the reasons i really liked his book. teddy Atlas - good book, good incite into Tysons early years as well as some really funny hijinks in there (loved the fight with the Italian). Peerless - Sugar Ray robinson - documents robinsons career really well, bit sad as it documents his decline into ill health though larry holmes - cant remember the name but its his autobiography, a book i didnt think id enjoy that much but i couldnt put it down once i picked it up, i was like a zombie for about two days. Jack Johnson - only read half but its a real interesting read, its long and quite time consuming but im finding it worth it so far. Theres a good book about Tyson by Reg Guitteridge that was really good but it only goes up to the time he was sentenced in jail but i still enjoyed it even though it was a bit dated I got Benns, Listons and jimmy doyles there to read next. I bought the tragic lives of randolph turpin and freddie mills which i was looking forward to but amazon lost it in the post. I would avoid Hattons and Calzaghes books i found them both boring and hatton sounds silly shouting about how hes gonna ko mayweather all through the book now too
I've read Calzaghes and its not bad (not great either) but I've not read Hattons. I can't see the point in reading an "autobiography" about a fighter half way through his career. Like those books Wayne Rooney did in his early 20s....
i'm reading the new kirkland laing book by oliver jarrett. its a good book and the author comes across as a pretty decent fella too.