What Is The Best Boxing Book You Have Ever Read?

Again?

Well, I'd have to say 'The Fearless Harry Greb'. Very, very informative.

 

McGrain's non scottish cousin?

Also wasnt this thread done just afew weeks ago by Cotto20?

Also mine choice is 'Charley Burley: Life And Times of an uncrowned Champ' by Allan Rosenfeld

 

cornermen by ron fried

 

Duly noted and corrected:good

 

Great minds thinkalike eh?

Also been meaning to ask hows that other Burley book, the one about the Black Murderers Row, is it ony eise?

 

:good:good My choice as well

Hands of stone would be a close 2nd

 

Probably not the greatest but it was the first I ever read and holds a special place for me: The Fight by Norman Mailer. Mailer had a massive ego but his account of Ali - Foreman is one of a kind...................I'm currently reading Clay Moyle's book on Sam Langford. I'm pretty amazed by the detail in it.

 

Have you read it. I don't see how using loads of different newspaper articles could be seen as wrong facts.

It's painstakingly researched and has been bigged up by a lot of posters on here. God knows who gave it a bad review, one thing I can hold against it is that it's more of a textbook than a narrative read but a good one at that.

it's comprehensive.

First review I found, from another Boxing site:

This book is interesting and informative and includes notes for each chapter, a bibliography and a complete version of Greb’s ring career record. It is a must read for boxing historians and fans.

 

In This Corner by Pete Heller
The Hardest Game
No Ordinary Joe
Men of Steel
Cinderella Man
Beyond Glory
Corner Men

 

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