Recommended reading.

[GJC]

^^^Oh that's the post you refer to. I'm afraid I missed it.

I cannot seem to find them on amazon though. I damn shame. It's not everyday you get an offer with a full money back guarantee.

Try and buy second hand my pension is very small

[Terry A]

You'll love it Yogi is right it is probably the best boxing book. I don't think every boxer has a book in them but do think they have a chapter. In This Corner gives them their chapter

Wanted to add a plug to this book (In This Corner). I have two bookcases of just boxing books, & this one is my personal favorite of my collection. I have the old edition (1973) as well as the updated edition(1994). Very surprised to see how many of these great champions died of Alzheimer's.

If you're at all interested in the personal lives of some of the great fighters, you'll love this book.

[joseph5620]

I pilfered this from another site but its a great list and recommended reading.


· The Boxing Register, IBHOF Official Record Book: James Roberts and Alexander Skutt

· Corner Men: Ronald Fried

· In the Corner: Dave Anderson

· The Ring Record Book (1986-1987): Herb Goldman

· Boxings Greatest Fighters: Bert Sugar

· The Last Great Fight: Joe Layden

· King of the World: Dave Remnick

· The Heavyweights: Bob Mee

· Hands of Stone, The Roberto Duran Story: Christian Guidice

· Against the Odds, The Larry Holmes Story: Phil Berger

· Sound and Fury, Ali and Cossell: Dave Anderson

· Sugar Ray: Dave Anderson

· Atlas: Teddy Atlas

· Muhammad Ali: Thomas Hauser

· Boxing: Bertram Job

· Men of Steel: Peter Walsh

· Cut Time: Carlo Rotella

· A Savage Business: Richard Hoffer

· Fight of the Century: Michael Arkush

· Unforgivable Blackness: Jeffrey Ward

· Rocky Marciano: Everett Skeehan

· The Ring, Boxing in the 20th Century: Stanley Weston and Steve Farhood

· Fight Town: Tim Dahlberg

· Boxing Babylon: Nigel Collins

· The World Heavyweight Championship: John D. McCallum

· The Encyclopedia of World Boxing Champions: John D. McCallum

· 100 Years of Boxing: Bert Sugar

· The Great Fights: Bert Sugar

· The Great Book of Boxing: Harry Mullan

· Best of the Ring: Stanley Weston

· New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports Volume 7 Boxing

· Beyond the Ring: Jeffrey Sammons

· In This Corner: Peter Heller

· The Book of Boxing: WC Heinz

· The Boxing Companion: Richard O’Brien

· Dark Trade: Don McCrae

· Sparring with Hemmingway: Budd Schulberg

· Punchlines: Phil Berger

· Smokin Joe: Phil Berger

· Champion: Chris Mead

· The Pictorial History of Boxing: Nat Fleischer and Nat Loubet

· The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told: Jeff Silverman

· The Hardest Game: Hugh McIlvanney

· When Boxing Was a ***ish Sport: Allen Bodner

· When Dempsey Fought Tunney: Bruce Evenson

· Boxing Day: Jeff Wells

· The Greatest Fight of Our Generation, Louis Schmeling II: Lewis Erenberg

· Ringside: Budd Schulberg

· Raging Bull: Jake Lamotta

· The Sweet Science: AJ Liebling

· A Neutral Corner: AJ Liebling

· Reading the Fights: Don Halpern

· Barney Ross: Douglas Century

· A-Z World of Boxing: Bert Blewett

· Only the Ring was Square: Teddy Brenner

· Only In America, The Life and Crimes of Don King: Jack Newfield

· Shadow Box: George Plimpton

· Sugar Ray Leonard And Other Noble Warriors: Sam Topperoff

· The Sporting Life: Irving Rudd

· The Heavyweight Champions: John Durant

· Bert Sugar On Boxing: Bert Sugar

· The Old Mongoose: Marilyn Douroux

· Writers Fighters: John Schulian

· Muhammad Ali Memories: Thomas Hauser

· Earnie Shavers Welcome to the Big Time: Marshall Terrill and Mike Fitzgerald

· Going the Distance, Ken Norton Story: Marshall Terrill and Mike Fitzgerald

· Muhammad Ali The Peoples Champ: Gerald Early

· By George: George Foreman and Joel Engel

· Bummy Davis vs. Murder Inc: Ron Ross

· Inside Boxing: Robert Seltzer

· Ghosts of Manilla: Mark Kram

· Italian Stallions: Thomas Hauser

· The Encyclopedia of Boxing: Gilbert Odd

· Serenity: Ralph Wiley

· The Muhammad Ali Reader: Gerald Early

· The Fights: Charles Hoff

· **** Tiger: Ade Makinde

· Joe Louis: Richard Bak

· The Fight: Norman Mailer

· The Heavyweights: Henry Cooper

· My Turf: William Nack

· I Only Talk Winning: Angelo Dundee

· 505 Boxing QuestionsYour Friends Can’t Answer: Bert Sugar

· New York City’s Greatest Boxers: Jose Corpas

· Boxing Legends of All Time: Robert Cassidy

· Black Lights: Thomas Hauser

· Boston’s Boxing Heritage: Kevin Smith

· Kings of the Ring: Gavin Evans

· Lightning Strikes: Gerald Suster

· A Flame of Pure Fire: Roger Kahn

· A Fistful of Sugar: Alan Goldstein

· Sting Like a Bee: Jose Torres and Bert Sugar

· The Ageless Warrior: Mike Fitzgerald

· The Loser and Still Champion: Budd Shulberg

· The Greatest, Muhammad Ali: Richard Durham

· Bad Intentions: Peter Heller

· Fire and Fear: Jose Torres

· Blood Season: Phil Berger

· Ringside Seat at the Circus: Larry Merchant

The books in bold I have read. All great books.The others I am going to try to find somehow. I didn't even know Shavers had a book. I'll also add Joe Louis-"My Own story" as one of the best boxing books I have read. He talked about everything in that book.

[JAB5239]

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The books in bold I have read. All great books.The others I am going to try to find somehow. I didn't even know Shavers had a book. I'll also add Joe Louis-"My Own story" as one of the best boxing books I have read. He talked about everything in that book.

Read "Barney Ross" by Douglas Century.Out of all the boxing books I've read this is probably my favorite. I can't speak highly enough about it.

[joseph5620]

Read "Barney Ross" by Douglas Century.Out of all the boxing books I've read this is probably my favorite. I can't speak highly enough about it.

Thanks. I'll try to do some online shopping for that one.

[Barn]

The Langford book is outstanding, as is the Johnson and Basilio ones.

[Daddy T]

four kings is a great read

I have a mind to read one at the moment so if ye could recommend just 1 what would it be?

[Barn]

four kings is a great read

I have a mind to read one at the moment so if ye could recommend just 1 what would it be?

In the corner by Peter Heller.

[Daddy T]

In the corner by Peter Heller.

cheers dude i'd give you another green if i could

[Barn]

cheers dude i'd give you another green if i could

Amazing book gives you a essay on the career of the champios followed by an interview from them.