boxing books

[s-t]

with xmas coming up could any one recommend any good books that i could put on my wish list to santa

[Chris W 1982]

Ringside by Budd Schullberg is in my opinion the best book ever written on boxing.

Rope Burns by Ian Probert is also entertaining.

[tonyevs]

[Chris W 1982]

Ha Ha

Its amazing how many threads Audley's being dragged into

[Bladder]

The Kirkland Laing book is excellent as others have mentioned in previous topics.

The new biography on Tom Sharkey is a great read too.

[orbtastic]

Don't be tempted to get the boxing almanac - it's littered with errors and inaccuracies and just plain odd/pointless additions/sections.

[Glyn Leach]

The Teddy Atlas book, think it's called A Son's Tale? Really should remember, easily the best boxing book I've read.

[MacTavish]

LOL

[Wake up call]

Dark Trade is my favourite.

[Poncey]

It's left field, but I recommend Stitch Durans book; From The Fields To The Garden. Although it's a UFC cutmans story, there's some great boxing stories in there before he moved to MMA.

[Russ L]

this may help, four pages of boxing books:
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... ilit=books

Thanks for that, I'd missed that thread first time around.

I'd absolutely concur with those that recommended A.J. Liebling's "The Sweet Science" - the quality of the prose is fantastic (if you like that sort of thing).

Of other books mentioned over there - "Four Kings", "Hands Of Stone", "Unforgivable Blackness" and "King Of The World" also all get the seal of Russproval.

(Edit: Ooh ooh ooh - "The Fight", as well. Norman Mailer was an utter, utter nutter, but a loveable one).

[dekker88]

Jack Johnson one is top notch.....'Unforgivable Blackness'.

[-KOKid-]

I actually bought Audley's book a few months ago.
Got it for £0.01 with free shipping at Abebooks.co.uk.

What a bloody waste!

[markinmidd]

the teddy atlas one is excellent.Gives an insight not only on his boxing career but also some funny tales of his upbringing and meeting some"wiseguys".The ali one by hauser is excellent, four kings.There a great start.

[Old bones Ian]

I liked Errol Christies recent book

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesw ... e/7005986/

[taffytoon]

Not sure where you are from but a writter called Gareth Jones has written a book called "Fighters of Wales" Cardiff edition is a good read.