Good boxing books

Read that one. Its okay, just not really a very comprehensive kinda read if your looking for something with a bit of meat in it.

 

Yeah I heard the Being Sugar Ray one was the same, although I think it was written with co-operation of his son and so that was the selling point.

This new one seems good though, its a 'life and times' book so we get a lot of background to the era as well

 

In this Corner by Dave Anderson is excellent.
Cheers for the recommendation Buncey btw

 

Four Kings - great
My view from the corner (Angelo Dundee autobiography) - very interesting
The Life and times of Muhammad Ali - Thomas Hauser (awesome if you like Ali)
Joe Frazier's book is also pretty good
Calzaghe's is better than Hatton's in my view
Khan's is ok

 

Nigel Benn-The Dark Destroyer is another cracking book,very honest,Frank Bruno's book is decent aswell,Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton autobiography's are a decent read but i wouldn't rush out to buy them..

 

ghosts of manilla/ali/frazier/good reading

 

Jacobs beach. The mob, the garden and the golden age of boxing by kevin Mitchell and also johnny tapias autobiography

 

I was really disappointed in Jacobs Beach, I thought it started out well and then ran out of material and went off subject somewhat, I thought the meat of the book had been covered off better in Boxing Confidential, there were also a lot of factual errors in there.

 

Any of Adam Pollocks books

The Fearless Harry Greb-Pretty comprehensive, although there are some really knowledgable posters who think It's missing a few bits.

 

Dark Trade by Don McRae definitely.

One that hasnt been mentioned so far is The Long Round. Its the collected stories of some of the guys who fought Tyson and what theyre up to now. The chapter focusing on Berbick is ****ing hilarious!

[ame]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Round-Triumphs-Tragedies-Fought/dp/0224063812[/ame]

 

^ similar to 'facing Ali'.

 

Lennox Lewis book is a good read

 

Decent book, but far too angry and agenda-ridden.

Btw author is Mark Kram, spell that backwards.

 

"The years of the Locust: A true story of money, mayhem and murder in the last age of boxing" by Jon Hotten

Very interesting read. It focuses on Rick Parker, a wannabe Don King of the late eighties/early nineties and his relationship with the uncorruptible Tim Anderson. Several well known names appear in the pages, including Don King, George Foreman, Bert Cooper and Bob Arum. Of particular interest was Hotten's chapter recounting the infamous raiding of the Top Rank offices in connection with fight fixing allegations.

It's written in an easy to read informal style. So if you see it cheap, pick it up.

The Sweet Science Goes Sour or Boxing's Hall Of Shame - by thomas myler.About the fight games darker days and seeder characters.If anyone thinks boxing is corrupt now read this, the sport has got alot cleaner.I really liked the way its short unconnected chapters can dip in and out.Great for the loo

 

My sincere thanks to "Jack Dempsey" and "D-Mac" for their recommendations. Currently reading "Sugar Ray" by Sugar Ray Leonard and Dave Anderson and it is fantastic as both an autobiography of SRL and an interesting snapshot of the period. Thanks again guys.