Any Ideas on some good boxing books..?

[amat]

Dark Trade I JUST got off backorder after 8 weeks, can't wait to read it. Unfortunately I'm in the middle of a couple others. I just re-read The Killings of Stanley Ketchel which is excellent. Also very good is Sweet Thunder, Ray Robinson's biography. A Fighter's Heart isn't purely a boxing book but to any fight fan it is my most recommended read. The sequel is also very good.

[amat]

Oh and I have Four Kings too by George Kimball and it is very good and widely available from what I've seen. Hands of Stone is another one that's at every bookstore you go to. Also Teddy Atlas' book is excellent, probably the most entertaining read of any mentioned so far!

[smashup]

Dark Trade I JUST got off backorder after 8 weeks, can't wait to read it. Unfortunately I'm in the middle of a couple others. I just re-read The Killings of Stanley Ketchel which is excellent. Also very good is Sweet Thunder, Ray Robinson's biography. A Fighter's Heart isn't purely a boxing book but to any fight fan it is my most recommended read. The sequel is also very good.

Thats one i read a review of and is on the list mate!

To be honest i've got no interest in the Calzaghe books and similar ones... i tried reading Hattons book and may has well of used it as toilet paper...utter shite!

If it is solely about a fighter it's gotta be of someone with a mad story to tell..Duran, Lamotta etc.

Really want ones that expose the darker side of the fight game so theres a few been mentioned in this thread i'll be looking into.

@ Memphis lol

To be honest mate i've been keeping my nose well clean of that stuff for most of the year.

Moved away from those circles (London Club Scene) now and feel so much better for it!!

[TheMacMagician]

Dark Trade is an excellent read man, I can definitely throw that in there. Others I'd back after a splendid read are:

WAR, BABY!! By Kevin Mitchell (Brill read about Benn vs McClellan)

ROPE BURNS By FX Toole (Great fiction read this one, really enjoyed, collection of four short stories if I remember correct, one used by the film Million Dollar Baby))

[yvonne]

Nigel Benn's Autobiography is a great read,i'd recommend that one highly.Calzaghe's is good too but i really enjoyed Benn's after all he is me childhood boxing idol.There's a book a briefly read in me local library called"Tent Boxing"and its all about true facts on prizefighting in Australia.I only read a few pages and it was a really interesting read.

Yeah Mark TKO is bang on there Four Kings is a great read,i've only read a 1/4 of the book soo far after i've just started to read it after buying it ages ago.

[Pavlik]

Amazon.com: Pacman: My Story of Hope, Resilience, and Never-Say-Never Determination (9781427647689): Manny Pacquiao, Timothy James: Books

Somewhat short but very Spiritual, honest and insightful from boxing's foremost genuine good guy!!!

[yvonne]

Amazon.com: Pacman: My Story of Hope, Resilience, and Never-Say-Never Determination (9781427647689): Manny Pacquiao, Timothy James: Books

Somewhat short but very Spiritual, honest and insightful from boxing's foremost genuine good guy!!!

Is this the first book based on Manny mate?I seen it on the shelve in a book store a few weeks before christmas and im planning on buying it sooner or later.

[Pavlik]

Amazon.com: Pacman: My Story of Hope, Resilience, and Never-Say-Never Determination (9781427647689): Manny Pacquiao, Timothy James: Books

Somewhat short but very Spiritual, honest and insightful from boxing's foremost genuine good guy!!!

Is this the first book based on Manny mate?I seen it on the shelve in a book store a few weeks before christmas and im planning on buying it sooner or later.

Amazon.com: PacMan: Behind the Scenes with Manny Pacquiao--the Greatest Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World (9780306819490): Gary Andrew Poole: Books

I think this came out earlier but I'd rather have the autobio by Manny himself.

[The Fightfan]

Teddy Atlas' autobiography is a good read. As well as the Roberto Duran story. A book I wasn't to crazy about was the sweet science. With Sugar Ray punching Lamotta on the front cover. Something about it I read about a chapter than I just forget about it for a few months.

[JT Rock]

I enjoyed Mickey Wards book Irish Thunder Amazon.com: Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward (9781599212203): Bob Halloran: Books

I know its not boxing but UFC'S Forrest Griffin Book titled Got Fight was priceless
Amazon.com: Got Fight?: The 50 Zen Principles of Hand-to-Face Combat (9780061721724): Forrest Griffin, Erich Krauss: Books

[DaxxKahn]

Hitman The Thomas Hearns story by the Hughes brothers Brian and Damian is a decent read

[ruthless rocco]

thomas hauser has written some good books about boxing.
i read a couple of year in reviews that compiled a bunch of articles he had publised that given year. alot of insight into the politics, inner workings and the (shady) business end of the sport.

[Beanflicker]

George Plimpton's Shadow Box is the best boxing book Ive ever read, and Ive read a lot of them

[Master]

Ali's 700 pages most I have ever read.

[Syntax Error]

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise & Fall Of Jack Johnson is the best boxing biography I've read.

Smokin Joe - the autobiography of Joe Frazier is my favourite boxing autobiography.