Boxing category: 529 books
by Nigel Benn
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Nigel Benn is a powerhouse among boxers. Known to his fans as the Dark Destroyer, his first 22 professional fights ended with him knocking out all his opponents-half of them before the first round was over. In this book, Nigel Benn tells it like it is. From the grim days he spent in the army in Northern...
A Cuban Boxer's Journey
Guillermo Rigondeaux, from Castro’s Traitor to American Champion
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
THE STORY OF CUBAN BOXER AND POLITICAL PARIAH GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX'S HARROWING DECISION TO DEFECT IN HOPES OF REAPING THE REWARDS OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
"What is one million dollars compared to the love of eight million Cubans?"
This was the question posed by legendary boxer...
The Last Great Fight
The Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and How One Fight Changed Their Lives Forever
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Meticulously researched, wonderfully written; the untold story of a legendary fight and the two warriors who would never be the same again
It is considered by many to be the biggest upset in the history of boxing: James "Buster" Douglas knocked out then-undefeated Heavyweight Champion...
by Thomas Hauser
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
**Stripping away the revisionism to reveal the true nature of the man himself, this new book recounts the life journey of a fighter universally recognized as a unique and treasured world icon. **
Few global personalities have commanded an all-encompassing sporting and cultural audience like...
The Top of His Game: The Best Sportswriting of W. C. Heinz
A Library of America Special Publication
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Bill Littlefield (NPR's Only a Game) presents the second installment in the Library of America series devoted to classic American sportswriters, a defintive collector’s edition of the pathbreaking writer who invented the long-form sports story. Like his friend and admirer Red Smith, W. C. Heinz...
by Joe R. Lansdale
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
“The sea had turned black as a dutch oven, the sky the color of gangrene, and between sea and sky there appeared to be something rising out of the water, something huge and oddly shaped, like a horrible sea god, and then Simmons realized what it was.”
Galveston, Texas. September 4, 1900....
The Murder of Sonny Liston
Las Vegas, Heroin, and Heavyweights
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
A daring investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the 1970s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of the Las Vegas Strip, Richard Nixon was launching America's first war on heroin, and boxing was in its glory days.
On January...
The Good Son
The Life of Ray ',Boom Boom', Mancini
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
FRANK SINATRA FAWNED OVER HIM. WARREN ZEVON WROTE A TRIBUTE SONG. Sylvester Stallone produced his life story as a movie of the week. In the 1980s, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini wasn’t merely the lightweight champ. An adoring public considered him a national hero, the real Rocky.
From the mobbed-up...
King of the World
Muhammed Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
The bestselling biography of Muhammad Ali--with an Introduction by Salman Rushdie
On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was widely regarded as an irritating freak who danced and talked way too much. Six rounds later Ali...
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2012
Now an HBO film! Catch the premiere this fall.
In 1966 Muhammad Ali announced his intention to refuse induction into the United States Army as a conscientious objector. This set off a five-year battle that would strip him of his world heavyweight title, bar him from boxing, and nearly send...
Amir Khan
A Boy From Bolton: My Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2009
Seventeen-year-old Amir Khan became Britain's youngest Olympic boxer since 1976 when he won silver at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He turned professional in 2005, winning his first pro fight last summer in 109 seconds, and has remained unbeaten ever since.
His fights are now regularly shown...
Great White Hopes
The Quest to Defeat Jack Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2005
In Sydney, Australia, in 1908 the brash and talented black fighter Jack Johnson won the heavyweight championship of the world from the Canadian Tommy Burns. There was an immediate storm of protest. Writers, including Jack London, and politicians feared the accession of the fearless and outspoken Johnson...
Muhammad Ali
Through the Eyes of the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2007
Many regard Muhammad Ali simply as The Greatest” heavyweight of all time. Others admire his battles against racial injustice and religious intolerance. A few just call him Dad.” They are all here in this book-fifty men and women of note coming together to celebrate the man Sports Illustrated...
The Champ
My Year with Muhammad Ali
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
The legendary boxer’s personal photographer from 1977–1978 shares fascinating stories and stunning rare photographs.
Michael Gaffney traveled the world with Muhammad Ali, covered three fights, took eight thousand photographs, and produced hours of recordings that, pieced together in this book,...