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Has anyone here read this book on the life of Jimmy Bivins?
It was published in 2011 when he was still alive.

http://www.amazon.com/James-Louis-bivin ... 0954392434

Here is Jimmy Bivins obit from the July 2012 edition of the New York Times.
With a good overview of his boxing career.
Some of the more depressing aspects of his later years were not even
mentioned in the book though.
(2 pages).

http://nytimes.com/2012/07/06/sports/ji ... at-92.html

Didn't know about this Biography. Sounds interesting. He fought so many good/great fighters, yet you really don't hear a whole lot about him.

He's certainly one of the best fighters from around these parts. My father saw him fight quite a few times in Cleveland, primarily after the war.

Ambling Alp II wrote:Didn't know about this Biography. Sounds interesting. He fought so many good/great fighters, yet you really don't hear a whole lot about him.

Jimmy Bivins prime years are thought to have been 1940-1945.
So mainly it could be bad timing for him in those years.
He fought and defeated 8 different fighters who would later become world champions.
I think the main reason fewer people have heard of him was because he never did
get a title shot.Something about him having a "bad Atititute" is usually given for it.

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:9974

Here is the Fifth and last bout between Archie Moore and Jimmy Bivins.
February-21-1951.
It aired live on CBS-TV and radio.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs98rg ... rch_algo=2