:yep It was almost like an essay designed to get Soose into the hall of fame. I'm currently reading Teddy Atlas's book, its a cracking read, I highly recommend it
Garbage books.. Audley harrison ( from zero to hero ) Good Boxing literature.. The Black Lights.. Thomas Hauser.. Come out smoking .. Phil Pepe (biography to Joe Frazier 1972) On Boxing .. Joyce Carol Oates.. more of a study Essay of fighters.. Fire and Fear .. Jose Torres. a kiss and tell all about Team Tyson.. Serenity ... by Ralph Wiley. EXCELLENT READ... Blood Season ...... A full so called season of boxing showing comparrisons between aging Leon Spinks and rising contender come champion Mike Tyson.. Very clever book..... Fight Town. A pictoral history of Boxing in Las Vegas... A must have coffee table book...... Full Colour are photographic book......... Fabulous.. Mamas Boy.. The newest biography of Lennox Lewis.. Far better than the old one... The life and crimes of Don King... Jack Newfield. Very interesting indeed..
Didnt like Smokin Joe full of excuses and bitterness. Lessened my opinion on Joe, he was a great fighter didnt need to do this. Did like sting like a bee by Jose Torres, gives a boxers viewpoint on the flaws in Alis fighting post layoff. Joe Louis American - Margery Miller & The Louis Legend by Nat Fleischer.
Read 'Totaly Frank' by frank bruno and kevin Mitchell, thought it would be crap but it was quite simply one of the best books i have ever read. I know its ghost written but i could not put it down, no excuses for his defeats except the better guy won (except for the lewis fight which he puts down to a lapse of concentration) and his battle with mental illness. All british boxing fans should buy it. I do not recommend usually but this will impress you.
Whenever I was at the bookstore, I would pick this up and browse through it and tried my best to like it but the guy is too much of a Holyfield nuthugger like you said. When I read that he yelled at someone when they said they were sorry Holyfield lost the first Lewis fight (before the decision was announced), I knew that I couldn't buy it. And I read the ending too and thought that it was just the cheesiest thing I'd read in a long time
The Sugar Ray Robinson effort Pound for Pound was blandly written and very one sided.Mama's Boy was a struggle, but I did like hearing about Lennox's training methods, and was fascinated to read that he used to do some pretty serious weight training. I got it for £3 and i'd happily have paid for that little nugget, though I could have done with reading most of the rest.
I pushed my way through it. I had to force my self to read past the 3rd chapter, just hoping it would get better. Really I was after some more detailed Holfield info...all I found out was who the biggest Holyfield nuthugger was.