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
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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.