Research - Requesting Helpful Hints for Researching Boxing History

I don't know if there's a whole book devoted to Williams. I got most of my information from an ancient Ring Magazine Almanac I inherited from my uncle. Fleischer devoted more space to Williams than to any other fighter below heavyweight.

Definitely get your hands on the Moore book. Easily the most fascinating fighter ever.

If I were you I'd avoid wasting time and/or money on the recent Jim Clabby biography, either of the books on Ketchel, Earnie Shaver's autobiography, Aaron Pryor's autobiography, Holyfield's autobiography, and Thomas Hauser's fawning book on Ali.

 

Get yourself a copy of "In This Corner" by Pete Heller. Forty world champs tell there stories in their own words. Ike Williams is included. This book covers 60 years of boxing and changing times, a great read, specially for someone wanting to learn about the game. Like some of the fellas have said one thing will lead to another.

 

:good

 

BOTH Conn bios were excellent, I thought.

For a Burley bio, go with Harry Otty's book.

 

There's no substitute for checking all local papers in the city in which the fight took place.
Check em all!!
This process is kwite a B Breaker however.

 

new york times has a lot of articles you can download pdf files of. you can access to all their articles they have online for 99 cents for the first month. interesting to read about fights from the actual era they took place in.

 

honestly, this is the way to go. youtube has been a boxing fans dream.

 

I'd also advise to look at the map, what the neighbor cities are. For Detroit fights it may be useful to look up Windsor, Ontario, newspapers as well, such as The Evening Record, which is at Google for free.

 

Then totally disregard it.:yep

 

I'm very impartial , I'll verbally abuse anyone.

 

Same as.