i never liked atlas much until i read his book. thought he was a bit of a cunt to be honest, but have a huge amount of respect for him after i took the time to find out about him, i guess you shouldnt judge a book by it's cover - ok shit pun i know!
You should check out dark trade, wirtten by a south african - moved to uk guy, donald something... man the guy wrote a great book and updated it...
He talks about the time he spent in the early years with eubank, watson about the injury to watson, about james toney and his manager, he spent time with toney before one of his fights, in his hotel room waiting to go over for the tulusa shoot out card, in the room with him walking down to the ring. about roy jones jr and Sr, nas, king, arum its a great read and gives you insight on things you may have never known or read about before.
budd schulberg is someone whos books i am moving onto next once i have finished with this one. All the old great trainers having nothing but great things to say about him as a writer in his day, i'm sure they will be worth reading.
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