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    Default Re: Boxing Biographies - ones worth reading??

    I found these interesting

    Night Train - Sonny Liston story good read and an interesting book.

    Ghosts of Manila By Mark Kram

    Fire and Fear The Mike Tyson Story By Jose Torres this is ok if you think you want to know any more about tyson

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    I enjoyed Larry Holmes'

    & Charley Burleys can't quite remember the name, something like 'hard life & times'
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    Was it Charly Burley and The Black Murderes Row great book.
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    The Devil and Sonny Liston is a good book. I got it for $8.00 at a Seattle used-book store during a trip with my girlfriend.

    I really enjoyed Teddy Atlas' book "From the Streets to the Ring" as well.
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    has anyone read holyfields autobiography?

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    Jack Johnson: Unforgivable Blackness is the greatest boxing biography I ever read

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    Blood Season by Phil Berger covering the life of Tyson is another top read.....You find out some good things about Tyson as a person...

    EG the sister who is partially retarted that he supports
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