boxing book help

[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

[bear]

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

[bear]

Clay Moyle at
PRIZEFIGHTINGBOOKS.COM

has two copies of Odd's oout of print 1989 encyclopedia of boxing on sale on his website and used editions of The Pictoral history as well.

Bear

[mark1529]

thanks bear
just snagged Gilbert Odd's Encyclopedia of Boxing off of ebay for 5 bucks

[bear]

Another good place to look for out of print books is

The Advanced book exchange

AbeBooks: New & Used Books, Textbooks, Rare & Out of Print Books

You'll enjoy Gilbert Odd's book. He also authored a number of bios of specific boxers. I can give a testamonial to anything he wrote, and to Harry Mullen as well.

Bear

[Ric915]

Originally Posted by bear

The same can be said for The Big Book of Boxing


Bear

I have read this book quite a few times. Great stuff and photos in there

[Bonedwarf]

This is the thing that bugs me with boxing books. Finding them! I don't like buying used books. You never know what someone has done to them, how they've been stored etc... But mainly I LOVE getting a brand new book. And finding decent boxing books is bloody hard!

I've had a book on my wishlist at Amazon for ages. The publication date was moved, moved and moved... Then after two years of endless delays, it's now "out of print".

Anyone recommend any GOOD, CURRENT boxing encyclopedias I can actually BUY from Amazon without dealing with third parties etc...?

[bear]

Originally Posted by Bonedwarf

This is the thing that bugs me with boxing books. Finding them! I don't like buying used books. You never know what someone has done to them, how they've been stored etc... But mainly I LOVE getting a brand new book. And finding decent boxing books is bloody hard!

I've had a book on my wishlist at Amazon for ages. The publication date was moved, moved and moved... Then after two years of endless delays, it's now "out of print".

Anyone recommend any GOOD, CURRENT boxing encyclopedias I can actually BUY from Amazon without dealing with third parties etc...?

Most recent is
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing
Harry Mullan with Bob Mee
Carlton
2007
ISBN 978-1-84442-401-6

Bear

[Tommysixfingers]

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

Boxing greats (1998) by Steve Bunce is a good book if you are new to the sport. It covers the greatest fighters and matchups in an understandable way.

[Tosti]

This one gives a brief outline of IBHOF inductees.

Amazon.com: The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame Official Record Book (Boxing Register): James Roberts, Alexander Skutt: Books