Which biographies are essential reading?

Sugar Ray Leonard & Other Noble Warriors was a good read.

Give Him To The Angels was more amusing than informative

Hands Of Stone was o.k but not brilliant.

Money Myth & Betrayal was probably one of the best I've read, even if Montieth Illingworth got some of his facts wrong, Although I know Tysons not a classical great.....just saying.

 

I thought Hands Of Stone was a good read myself

Ok its not a classic but 'The life and crimes of don king' is a good read. I could run you through some of the usual suspects but im sure your looking for something maybe a little more obsure

 

I just finished The Fighter by Norman Mailer. Not a bio, more literary historical account. Mailer's writing is dense, but I ended up loving it. It's about boxing, but also about race and fear and culture and blackness and whiteness and inner demons. If anyone has any suggestions of other similar books I'd love to hear them.

I'll for sure be checking out some of the titles suggested here.

 

Moyle's Langford book is great. highly recommended. I also liked otty's burley and the black murderers row as well

 

Hurricane

 

If you were to read:

The Pollack Sullivan book.

The Pollack Jeffries book

The Moyle Langford book.

Then you would knock a big hole in each of those eras.

 

from the UK

Len Harvey "the Prince of Boxers"
Jock McAvoy "the Rochadale Thunderbolt"
Bert Gilroy "Gilroy was here!"

British Boxing History covered and detailed visually in all 3 books, with the History of Modern Boxing's beginings and detailed, the early 1920s when boxing began to take shape, through the Glorious mid 1930s and 40s - Boxings peak and Golden days, and finishing off in the early 50s, with lots on the Famous British Boxing Booths.

3 great fighters, who never were world champions and could have been, aswell as loads of insight on dozens of other British top notchers too!

 

Seconded.

 

here's the david haye bio.

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Raging Bull, by Jake Lamotta, after the first page you're hooked, awesome read.

 

the concept of the Tunney book is awesome. the execution? Eh.