The best I would say are "The life and times of Muhammad Ali" and the new Jim Braddock book which I am reading at the moment is very good.
What do you think?
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The best I would say are "The life and times of Muhammad Ali" and the new Jim Braddock book which I am reading at the moment is very good.
What do you think?
"Unforgiveable Blackness" was pretty good. I just got the new books on Gene Tunney and Tony Galento, will get a review as soon as I read them. Working on "Battling Siki" right now.
Anyone know if Ray Leonard made an autobiography?! Help would be much appreciated.
Is the 'Unforgivable Blackness' book the latest Jack Johnson bio that came out earlier this year? It won best sportsbook of the year if I recall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canvasback
I fancy a read of that one myself
I'm currently half way through reading - Hands of Stone The Life and Legend of Roberto Duran.
Gypsy Joe Harris: Son of Philadelphia is a good read.
The worst boxing book I ever read was "Sucker Punch." Its about Muhammad Ali, and you can tell from the book jacket that it is an Anti-Ali book, so I thought it would be a cool different perspective, but its horrible, the author pretty much blames Ali for every problem in American. Its just page after page of baseless accuisations, and Republican propaganda.
ooo, and best boxing book was a book written by Evander Holyfields lawywer. Its great reading how he dealt with don king, how he argued with the alphabet groups about mandatory defenses, the details of setting up a Roy Jones fight(which fell through, because of Jones' demands). Its just a cool behind the seens book, the only problem with it, is that that he kisses holyfields butt too much.
Even though Ali is my all time biggest hero I like to hear both side's of a story so I might get that book.Quote:
Originally Posted by lance Uppercut
What type of things does it say about the greatest?
i havent read a book since dr suess
im reading ricky hattons biography and oscar de la hoya by tim kamwaki
Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePlatinumBoy
whats the cscar book like?????
yea really good, cant put the book down, its an unofficial 1 but the guy who wrote the book practically lived with him for a few years, its call the the money, fame and mystery behind oscar de la hoya, some realy intresting things written about de la hoya
I must finish Ghosts of Manilla one day.
Frazier
"I wanted Ali to fall into the (Olympic) flame"
I couldn't find an autobiography, but I did find thisQuote:
Originally Posted by cockey cockney
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005145/
I bought the book because I thought an anti-Ali book would be more interesting then all the pro-ali books, but the book is absolute crap. The author has this theory that ALi was bad for african americans in america, and he tries to tie everything into that point. Its really lame.Quote:
Originally Posted by porkypara
I never read it, but I heard Ghost of Manila was an objective book about ali, that doesn't paint in such a good light.
By far the best boxing book I've read is Dark Trade : Lost in Boxing. He gets to talk to plenty of the top boxers such as Eubank, Benn, Roy Jones but especially James Toney. Easily the most intense book on the sport I've read and I couldn't put it down.
I'm hoping to read An Unforgettable Blackness pretty soon as it won the same sports book award that Dark Trade did.
Facing Ali: 15 Fighters - 15 Stories. by Stephen Brunt.
Great read. Really gives some good insight onto just how many different fighters look at him. Wepner, Chuvalo to Foreman and Frazier, all give their accounts on fighting Ali. Not only gives you insight on Ali, but the fighters. Frazier hates him, but he talks about how tough the guy was inside the ring and how he backed up everything 100%. Foreman goes into depth about just how scared he was to be in Africa and how he had to sleep in an unknown location just to be safe.
It also gives insight onto just how things were done those days. The heavyweight champ could fight anybody he wanted and they would accept. Chuck Wepner got one phone call from Ali's camp, nothing really materialized and he went searching for a fight when about a month later he read in the paper that Ali selected him to fight. Haha, could you imagine Toney find out he was fighting Klitschko in the newspaper?
Probably the best part was the journeyman fighters though. Couldn't remember some of the names if I tried, but some really fascinating stories.
'On Boxing' - Joyce Carol Oates - I would highly recommend this (and I have over 200 books on boxing)
yep , dark trade is amazingQuote:
Originally Posted by enigma
could only find theseQuote:
Originally Posted by cockey cockney
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/re...&index=blended
Same as enigma and poom
Dark trade is a class book. Really makes you think beyond all the glitz and glamour.Trys to answer what draws people into the ring and what is so addictive about boxing.
Also, to all they tyson fans, a must read is TYSON, Nurture of the Beast, by ELLIS CASHMORE. Its a better read than Bad Intentions.
Looks at the underlying social problems influencing his behaviour, couldn't put it down!
for me its gotta be the 16th rnd, any1 read that? 19 years in prison for a crime he didnt commit, great read