Could anyone recommend some decent boxing books I am reading The Four Kings at the moment and would like to read more.
Charley Burley, the life and hard times of an uncrowed champion by allen rosenfield, hard work but the best boxing book i've ever read
Hands of Stone by Christian Giudice is a good little read if you wanna know a bit more about Duran. I'm currently reading The Fearless Harry Greb which is also a great book so far. There's loads of good books by Adam Pollack covering a fair few of the old timers. There's so many good books out there though, i don't really know where to start!
I got a fair few and am actually reading The Four Kings myself atm, blowing ma brains. King getting the ABC contract and leaving out Hagler etc, Hagler being 33 fights in ( i think ) when Leonard makes his debut. Ma favourite would be one i got years back on Cuban boxing...In The Red Corner ( i think ) Have seen a ton of books here that people have mentioned that sound hell good, though i still have 2-3 books here unread before i make new purchases.
Has anyone read 'The life and crimes of don king'? is it a good read? 'The greatest' by i think its richard durham was the 1st boxing book i read and still to this day i would read it from time to time. starts at the norton defeat then goes back to Alis childhood right up to the foreman fight. great stuff
The Don King book is a very insightful read ,written by Jack Newfield, it pulls no punches concerning the frizzy topped one. The Black Lights by Thomas Hauser ,and Shadow Box by George Plimpton are good too.