Chavez, Monzon, Jofre biographies.

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  1. Hannibal Barca

    Hannibal Barca Active Member Full Member

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    These are but a few of the suprising number of legendary boxers with no biographies (in English anyway) that I discovered when embarking on a collection of boxing biographies. Also of note is only one book devoted to Henry Armstrong that by most accounts could have been better. What gives?
     
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    grumpy old man Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think there is a French biography of Monzon called El Macho?
     
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    grumpy old man Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Did a search on Monzon and there is some kind of publication on him by Frederic P. Miller which appears to be in English. May be a compilation some sort rather than a bio?
     
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    Wiki compilation. There appears to a book in French for Monzon, but that's it. Weird to see books on Choynski, Flowers, and Bivins but not these guys...
     
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    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Christian Giuidice who did Hands of Stone and Beloved Warrior (Arguello) is working on a Ruben Olivares bio.
     
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    grumpy old man Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That's the one called El Macho.

    Wouldn't have thought it would be too much of a task for someone to translate it into English?
     
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