The boxing bookshelf

[slappy]

The Black Lights by Thomas Hauser does a great job of getting into the lifestyle of boxers. RIP Billy Costello.

On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates is magnificent.

Ted Kluck does his own take on Facing Ali with Facing Tyson. It's a neat little book about some interesting characters who will always be measured by that one experience.

Serenity by Ralph Wiley is beautiful.

[Dart340]

Maybe the best boxing book I've ever read, and it's a brutally sad and painful read, is the biography of former Light Heavyweight contender from the 70's and 80's James Salerno by James Greenburg. Has excerpts from Salerno's journal that he kept during his fighting days and they are brutally revealing.

[Ambling Alp II]

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[AntonioMartin]

I'm not sure if there is a thread here or not so I thought I'd start one. It's always good to see others recommendations and find books that haven't been on your radar. I'd like to see if we can keep this thread active because I like to try and read at least a couple of books a month and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Some of my favorite books I'd highly recommend to all here are as follows : -
George Kimball


And then some that are more related specifically to an individual fighter are as follow :-


Sam Langford: Boxing's greatest uncrowned champion by Clay Moyle

Dick Tiger: The life & times of a Boxing immortal by Adeyinka Makinde
I'm going to finally get around to reading Tyson's autobiography soon enough.

I have PLENTY of books both on aviation and boxing. In fact you won't believe this but the book Saudia: An Airline and it's Aircraft by my acquaintance the late, great REG Davies, I received as a present from a Saudi Prince!!!

Also on the same series, Delta: An Airline and its aircraft I received it with an Amazon gift card given me by a boxing site I used to work for.

Anyways, George Kimball was also an acquaintance, I got his last book from the man himself, signed. Too bad he died shortly after. I disagree with him though: there were five kings and he himself acknowledges this in the book: Wilfred Benitez was one of the five, not four, kings!

My buddy Clay Moyle did an excellent job on Langford's book! I loved it. He also signed my copy.

Dick Tiger's book is a precious masterpiece.

Tyson's book, you have to read it, I recommend it specially because he lets you see through his eyes...and says some things that are very interesting to say the least about Desiree Washington's case etc.

[AntonioMartin]

Anything by my friend Christian Giudice...he is the authority on Latin boxing! Read his books on Arguello, Duran or Bazooka Gomez..I own all three and they are excellent books!