good books about boxing history and biographies of famous boxers

[Czarek]

hey whats up looking for this kind of books can someone recommend some good books

thanks guys

[sonnyboyx2]

hey whats up looking for this kind of books can someone recommend some good books

thanks guys

a pictoral history of boxing

Dark Trade

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[louis54]

the arc of boxing by mike silver. alot of interviews with atlas, stewart, roach, many others. steep price but great book

[Czarek]

thanks guys

[JAB5239]

Read all of those but "Dark trade". The biography's on Barney Ross, Joe Louis and Ali are all excellent as well.

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Read all of those but "Dark trade". The biography's on Barney Ross, Joe Louis and Ali are all excellent as well.

Dark Trade is real good, I recommend it.

It was around the early to mid 90s and covers different fighters. Toney, De La Hoya, Tyson, Hamed, Jones.

[Czarek]

very much thanks

[sonnyboyx2]

Dark Trade... is a book you wont be able to put down, its excellent

[blacklodge]

Anything by Jack Newfield is worth it. Black Lights by Thomas Hauser (ignore the part where they try to convince that Kevin Rooney would have destroyed Alexis Arguello if not for weight problems). The Sixteenth Round by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Probably my favorite is The Devil And Sonny Liston by Nick Tosches.