what fighter has the best autobiography

Roberto durans head and shoulders above anyone elses

 

Durans was great.

But for those who havent read it yet, I highly reccomend you to read Max Schmelings. It is simply fantastic, he has had conversations with Hitler, US presidents, and many other famous artists of the 30s,40s.
He had a sublimely interesting career aswell

 

Pac's duh.....future Hollywood blockbuster.

 

Can't wait to see that. Hope they don't add stuff that never happened, or leave out pivotal detail as the did with the Mickey Ward movie. (disclaimer: not that i'm comparing the two fighters)

 

Yes I've read it, it was one of the better boxing bio's I have read. I enjoyed La Motta's as well.

 

Kassim ouma has a pretty interesting story also. Kidnapped by warlords forced to join a militia escapes to the US and becomes a pro boxer

 

Gonna put that on the list, many thanks.

:good

 

They movie Tyson made I thought was the most honest,and heart felt..

 

Not autobiographies, but Ghosts of Manila was a real interesting read. Unforgivable Blackness is excellent, but A Flame of Pure Fire, the Dempsey book by Kahn, is too sycophantic for my liking. Very well-detailed with regards the era, but too far up Dempsey's arse.

Oh, and Calzaghe's book is dog****.

 

The Foreman one was good. Takes you from the days mugging on the street right into the KO over Moorer. Talks about going back to his neighborhood as a top contender and seeing a childhood friend brain dead from drugs. Pretty interesting insight.

 

Can't wait for James Toney's autobiography.

"I don't like nonna you punks" by James Toney.

 

Archie Moore's Autobiography is probably the only boxer biography I would actually read to be honest. I just know it is epic, as I enjoyed the ESPN documentary on him a whole lot. The guy lived a very intriguing life, full of travel and adventure lol.

 

frank bruno's is good. :good

 

Is it really not good? I've heard great things about it, although supposedly it isn't completely honest. As a big Tapia fan, I was gonna order it, but you're making me wonder if it's worth my while.

 

holyfields is amazing, at least the one i read, where he talks about his nemisis henry tillman