Thread: Briggs book is awesome

To all my mates on this site. I just finished reading this book on Paul Briggs, the light-heavy contender. It is an awesome story. I guarantee if you get a copy you will rate it as one of the best boxing stories ever. What he had to endure and overcome is inspirational.

http://www.sportsnut.com.au/entry.php?intid=3959

Wasn't he sexually abused by his step father?

Call me crazy but that ain't my idea of light reading entertainment

Seriously though he must have a lot of guts to write about his horrific past. If you like overcoming adversity stories then I'm sure Johnny Tapia and Kasim Ouma's biographies (if available ) would be inspirational reading too.

I'd love to read more about Ouma especially but not sure if anything is out there or not?

I didn't say it was a fun read. But it is a great story of how Briggs turned a crappy life around.