What is the best boxing biography you've ever read?

Adam Pollack's books on Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries.Clay Moyle's book on Sam Langford.Geoffrey C Ward's book on Jack Johnson,Randy Roberts books on Jack Dempsey and Jack Johnson.Gilbert Odd's book on Bob Fitzsimmons.

 

I always liked Larry Holmes's Against the Odds. I love to read the things he has to say about Don King in it.

 

Thomas Hauser s book on Muhammad Ali :his life and times .I believe it came out near Ali s 50th birthday. Found it very Interesting and plenty of quotes from figures in his life. Which I'm sad to say a lot have now passed on .

 

I read Jimmy Tibbs Sparing with life a bit different and not really all the bells you might get with other books
If you have followed the Jimmy over the years the book is everything you would expect Straight up and straight talking

 

Nothing But Trouble: My Story by Herbie Hide

 

Lots of good ones mentioned and that will be. One of my favorites is “Inside the Ropes- Arthur Mercante.

 

Max Schmelings book fascinated me.

There cannot be many people who knew socially both Al Capone and Adolf Hitler.

 

Steve Compton's massive biography of Harry Greb has a staggering amount of information backed by exhaustive research.

- Chuck Johnston

 

It is my understanding that John Och's three-volume biography of Jack Hurley is terrific.

- Chuck Johnston

 

A Flame of Pure Fire was very entertaining and well written. I took much of it with a grain of salt but it did bring the 20s alive for me. Also some coverage of Dempsey`s draft evasion trial.

 

Flight of The Hawk. It’s a very sad book that sheds a lot of light on what drove Pryor to fight so hard.

A movie about his life would make Antwan Fisher look like a Disney movie.

 

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Your not kidding. I think I might have cried while reading that one. The part where Aaron's dad smokes crack to show his son that drugs can't be addictive and he immediately becomes a Crackhead. That was horrific.

 

That book is a steaming pile of sh*t. Mindless, unimaginative, hero worship regurgitation. A total waste of time and money by any so unfortunate to have purchased and read it.

 

Thanks for weighing in.