Thanks much.

You're welcome. Reminds me, I need update this thread again. I several books and articles that I still haven't added. I tried editing some of the posts before but it would always glitch up on me.

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Numerous Articles from the LA84 Foundation

The LA84 Foundation has undertaken an ambitious project to convert portions of its traditional library collection to digital format. The growing digital collection now contains more than 300,000 pages, stored in over 45,000 PDF files.
Digital resources include academic journals, scholarly books, popular sports magazines of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and an extensive offering of Olympic publications. The Olympic titles include a complete run of back issues of Olympic Review, the official publication of the International Olympic Committee, and two dozen Olympic Games official reports.
All of the digital publications are available at no cost to website visitors. The LA84 Foundation Search page provides full-text access to all digital documents and shows a complete list of titles.

A Brief History of Boxing (Part I) The Rope Arena, Ancient and Modern by Wm. A. Phelon

A Brief History of Boxing (Part II) The Rope Arena, Ancient and Modern by Wm. A. Phelon

A Brief History of Boxing (Part III) The Rope Arena, Ancient and Modern by Wm. A. Phelon

Aspects of Greek Boxing in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. by Anthony J. Papalas, East Carolina University

The Old and the New Pugilism. by Professor Alf. Austin (Sometime Lightweight Champion of England.)

Professors and Amateurs Aspects of Pugilism in the Regency Period by Anthony J. Papalas, East Carolina University

Eighteenth Century Boxing by Randy Roberts, Louisiana State University

Morals and Maulers: The Ethics of Early Pugilism by Dennis Brailford, Principle, North Worcester-shire College (U.K.)

A Plea for Style in Boxing. by Professor Alf. Austin (Sometime Lightweight Champion of England.)

Sidelights On the Boxing Question How Misguided Public Opinion is Doing a Justly Popular Sport a Good Deal of Damage By Dick Winfield

Whos that chap in the red corner...? By Harry Carpenter

The Funny Side of Fighters as Seen by Jack Skelly

A One-Sided Boxing Bout by William A. Phelon

Midsummer Boxology Highlights and Shadows of the Roped Arena--Jack Dempsey's Immediate Future by William A. Phelon

THE MODERN GLADIATOR Why the American Succeeds--Brute Strength Superseded by Scientific Cleverness by Robert Edgren

The Kings of the Roped Arena (Part I)
The Kings of the Roped Arena (Part II) }The Greatest Boxing Champions of All Time by William A. Phelon

The Kings of the Roped Arena (Part III)

Unique Blows and the Part They Have Played in Boxing History By Alec McLean

Theory and Practice of Boxing. by A. Austen

First Steps in Boxing 1 by D.C Hutchinson

First Steps in Boxing 2

First Steps in Boxing 3

How A Champion Trains By Johnnie Kilbane, former lightweight Champion

The Cold Wars Impact on the Evolution of Training Theory in Boxing. by Nicholas Bourne, Jan Todd & Terry Todd

PS: Check the last page. I've added several books, "Boxiana" (including a missing chapter), "The Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator" by John L. Sullivan, "Boxing Simplified" (boxing manual), "The Leather Pushers", and the article, "I Can Whip any Mechanical Robot" by Jack Dempsey. I'll be adding a couple more books in the near future.

After years of searching the internet for the silver bullet I found it!

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I have another shelf load of ebooks to unload here later, but for now I'd like to share a special treat with all of you.

From western martial arts enthusiast and passionate devotee in redistributing many rare treasures for all to see, Kirk Lawson's Storefront.

Excerpt from webpage:

"First, you'll find re-publication of antique Martial Arts manuals, focusing mainly on manuals important to the Western Martial Arts traditions, though not exclusively. These manuals are faithfully hand transcribed from original text with the original images scanned. Though I hold copyright on the text formatting and on the scanned images themselves, you are free to download PDF's of these historic texts, free of charge, at no cost and to re-distribute them provided you adhere to the legal terms stated in the foreword. Essentially this is that you agree not to attempt to profit my hard work. My intention here is to ensure that these works are available to the Western Martial Arts community at large."

It's an excellent service that he's providing with no monetary gains. He's transcribed and republished the Edwin Haislet manual from my botched raw scans, and I sent him the missing pages that were absent from the orginal compiled pdf.

I have also sent him another excellent scanned boxing manual by Philadelphia Jack O'Brien in that he has republished and is currently working on.

If you find any books that you really like from Kirk's Storefront, I recommend getting the shelf-friendly treeware version so that you make notes, as well as writing down the graffiti of your mind.

Rock on!

sounds weird but is their a book by james toney
or something bout his kinda style

There's no book on him that I'm aware of. Anyways, here's good quote by James Toney that tells a little about his learning:

"Bill Miller, he was a great old man, he sat me down and showed me tapes of old fighters," Toney recalled. "Ezzard Charles, Albert 'Chalky' Wright. Battling Siki. People like that. Jersey Joe Walcott. Archie Moore. He would say, 'This is how you learn. This is the correct way of fighting.' So I would sit there and watch tapes over and over again, and try those things in the gym, and I would get murdered. But I kept coming back, kept coming back, kept working, kept learning my trade. And then one day it was like each of those fighter's spirits entered my body and made me fight like that."

“I developed my style by watching tapes of old fighters. I watched Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott constantly, and Tommy Hearns , Marvin Hagler . I learned a lot from watching these guys and studying. Some of it just comes naturally. “

Watching the videos alone isn't what developed his style. James Toney (at least early on) had to train his butt off, and even seeing the right right moves being done on those old tapes he still had to put it together on his own. No doubt that we would get hit trying overcome that learning curve, but like he said, one day it as like each of those fighter's spirits entered his body and made him fight like that.

The Inside Facts on Pugilism (1907)
By George Sill

Info:
Early Battles and Old-time Boxers; Rules of the Game; Counting and Tricks in Counting; Queer Decisions of Referees ; the Old-time Fight Fan; Instruction in Boxing — a lost art; Heavy Weights ; the Negro Fighter; Graft of the Ring; the Humorous and Serious Sides of a Referee's Life;
Veterans of the Ring ; Sullivan's Last Battle; Fltzsimmons' Sensational Victory over Corbett, and many other Famous Fights by Champion Pugilists.

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Shadow Boxing, How to Train, Rules of the Ring (1920)
By Alpheus Geer (Marshal Stillman)

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Oscar De La Hoya- The Great Hispanic Heritage (2008')

Info:
When he was just a skinny, shy kid riding his skateboard through the streets of the East Los Angeles barrio, Oscar De La Hoya never thought he would one day be one of the world's premier boxers, setting records and winning championships. Neither did anyone else. However, when he was just six years old, he stepped into the ring with his father's encouragement and shocked everyone with his speed, power, and agility. He spent much of his childhood and teenage years honing his talent for defeating opponents in the boxing ring and accumulating wins by knockout. "Oscar De La Hoya" is a "made in America" story of a young boy with a dream and the perseverance and determination to make it a reality.

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Teddy Atlas- From the Streets to the Ring (2007)
By Teddy Atlas and Peter Alson

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So begins the autobiography of legendary boxing trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas, who grew from the rebellious son of a doctor to a man who embraces, and lives by, his father's values and code.

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On Boxing- P.S. (New 2006 Edition)

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A reissue of bestselling, award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates' classic collection of essays on boxing.

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Boxing Fitness: A Guide to Get Fighting Fit
By Ian Oliver

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Whether you're serious about boxing or just serious about getting in shape, this book will help. The same methods that build speed, stamina, and power in the ring have as much to offer the fitness enthusiast as the beginner. Ian Oliver's credentials are indisputable and his advice indispensable; Boxing Fitness will get you in the best shape of your life. Of particular appeal to readers interested in health, fitness, and boxing training.

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P.S. I'll be adding more articles or books in the future, so be sure to drop by.

thnx alot man

hi mate have you got any books about charley burley,a boxer that really fasinates me.i've heard of one but not sure what its called,ithink it called the black murderers row.

I haven't seen an ebook of it. You might want to try your public library. Here in Michigan they have a very well organized request system in that you can request books from other public and college libraries to be sent to the local library. He's definitely an interesting boxer. I just requested the book, Charles Burley, The Life and Hard Times of an Uncrowned Champion.

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Read Books Online via NetLibrary

There are a couple of boxing related books that you can read at NetLibrary There's Punch Lines by Phil Berger, and The Prince and the Prophet: The Rise of Naseem Hamed

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Reading Newspaper Articles via Google News

A friend of mine just showed me a nifty feature of Google, called Google News. I can look through many newspapers although mostly the NY Times, but it give me a wide range of information on fighters as well as their boxing matches.

You can see for yourself here: Google News Archive
-I set the date for 1870-1970, and you can change that around depending on what you're searching for. It's set for "free articles only", so if you want to find any articles that require payola, then you're welcome to change the settings as you see fit. Check it out, there are a lot of interesting articles out there.

As for another online newspaper resource, you might want to consider this: Chronicling America. It has newspapers from 1900-1910 some of which have excellent boxing coverage for the time.

Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History - Audiobook

This was a very interesting look into the life of James Braddock, emphasizing his spectacular accomplishment of seizing the heavyweight crown from Max Baer. It's information is right on, captivating and much more in depth than the partial story displayed in the movie. It's a good read, and in this case a pleasure to listen to. Enjoy this audiobook.

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Cinderella Man