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Originally Posted by mark1529
hello fella's
i'm new to this game and kinda to boxing in general
was wondering if anybody could steer me in the direction of some great boxing books??
history,greatest fights,boxer records
that kind of stuff
thanks a bunch
mark  |
Mark
Fleischer and Andrie(sp) An illustrated History od boxing had good background and loads of pics.
The same can be said for The Big Book of Boxing
One of my personal favorites is Gilbert Odd's Encyclopedia of Boxing. last edition was in 1988 but you can probably find used copies. Lots of background info and short bios of a ton of fighters. Lot of coverage of guys from the UK.
The late Harry Mullan also has a real good encylopedia of boxing and a new edition recently came out earlier this year. I don't remember who is now editing it. Has background history, bios, and an excellent listing of title bouts by weight class.
I use both of these last two quite a lot.
Bear