Boxing Books
Great list there Barry... I like Brian Hughes writing as well, the book on Jackie Brown is one of my favourites, very interesting read... he also wrote bios on Willie Pep, Jock Mcavoy, and Johnny King... all good reading. My rarest book is probably Battling Nelsons autobiography from 1910.... cost me about £100 a few years back. Funny thing is that despite the state of boxing today there seems to be an upswing in boxing books coming out.... theres about a half dozen that I'm on the verge of buying... but will probably go for either the Siki or Dick Tiger book next...
Yes I read it about 6-8 months ago and I rate it highly.silkov wrote:You've read it have you?.... does it go into his fights in detail rather than just running through his results sort of thing?....KOJOE90 wrote:Silkov
The Dick Tiger book is very good.
It goes into details of his fights in Nigeria, UK and USA, it also has lots of intersting behind the scenes information on the fight game of that time.
It also gets deep into Tiger as a person and his stance on the biafra uprising etc.
Adeyinka Makinde has done a fine job of packing the book full of interesting Boxing information, without being too acedemic or dry.
AndreWardFan2006 wrote:That is an impressive collection KOKid. What are your favorites?
~A.W.F~
Well, I haven't read all these books yet, probably only half of them.
As far as the biographies go, I would mention Max Schmeling, Jack Dempsey, Archie Moore, Les Darcy and both the Charley Burley books as the standouts.
Corbett was also very good and the same goes for the Sullivan book.
Yesterday I finished the Dick Tiger book and thought it was very interesting as well.
Of the history books I would pick the obvious "Illustrated History of Boxing" and "The Boxing Register".
"Black Genesis" and "That Night At The Garden" were also excellent reading. "The Jewish Boxer's Hall of Fame" is also great.
I also enjoyed the Arcadia's "Images of Sports" series (7 books) as well. They are all packed with photos of long forgotten greats.
"Boxing Babylon" and "Men of Steel" are also highly recommended reading.
Boxing books tend to be good reading. I have never put a book down because it was crap, although there are several books I am certain I will never read again.
Currently I am reading the bio on Bert Gilroy, which got favorable reviews in the latest CBZ joural. I'm only about two or three chapters in, so it's a bit too early to say yet, but so far so good.
-KOKid-