Just ordered these books..Any others recommended?

Some good suggestions in this thread: https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/boxing-books-ive-recently-bought.605844/

 

The man that wrote the Harry Greb book often posts on this forum as klompton. From what i’ve Been told the book is the definitive work on Greb.

I have the Emile Griffith book 9...10...and out! Which I’ve had forever and am just starting to read it.

 

The Greb book is one of the finest boxing books I own.

I also highly recommend Adam Pollack’s excellent series on the heavyweight champions. All of ‘em!

 

Right, getting that Greb book.

 

Actually I'm hoping to get some of these for Christmas, as I recently finished "Ali" by Jonathan Eig, "Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense" and "Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World" by Mike Stanton:

"The Ageless Warrior" by Mike Fitzgerald

"My Life" by Joe Louis

"The Will to Conquer" by Mickey Walker

"100 Greatest Boxers" by Bert Sugar (how I haven't read this yet, I don't know)

"Philadelphia's Boxing Heritage 1876-1976" by Tracy Callis

"On Boxing and Bodybuilding" by Rocky Marciano

Might add the Greb book to the list

 

I recommend buying John Ochs' massive three-volume book, The One Is Jack Hurley., which has an incredible amount of information about Hurley, one of the greatest all-around boxing men ever and an incredible character, and the era he was active in. You will not only learn a lot about Hurley, but also about the American boxing scene from the 1910s to the early 1970s. The three-volume set will cost over $100., but it is more than worth the money.

- Chuck Johnston

 

Muhammad Ali My Lite & Times by Thomas Hauser

 

Inside the ropes Arthur Mercante

 

Compton's Greb book is highly recommended, a real treat for anyone into Greb and that era of boxing.

 

I also highly recommend Steve Compton's biography of Harry Greb, Live Fast, Die Young.

- Chuck Johnston

 

I'm currently reading Murderers Row by Springs Toledo....really enjoying it

 

Surprisingly, I actually really enjoyed Oscar De La Hoya's autobiography, "American Son". It gave a fascinating look into what it was like to be Oscar, who, in his mid-teens, was already being scouted and picked as a future star, with promoters and other benefactors plying him and his dad with freebies to curry his favor.

It also has a fascinating story about Raul Marquez from late in their amateur careers, which I don't want to spoil.