Boxing books

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The Onion Picker: Carmen Basilio and Boxing in the 1950s

The Onion Picker: Carmen Basilio and Boxing in the 1950s...

Author: Gary B. Youmans
ISBN: 9780815681755
Format: Hardback
$50.60

On September 23, 1957, Carmen Basilio defeated Sugar Ray Robinson to win the middleweight championship of the world....  Read More >>

Champion Without a Crown: The Man Who Would Be King

Champion Without a Crown: The Man Who Would Be King...

Author: Bobby Watts
ISBN: 9781425750152
Format: Paperback
$39.57

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Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage

Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage

Author: Budd Schulberg ,  Hugh McIlvanney
ISBN: 9781566637497
Format: Paperback
$44.75

A collection of boxing stories.  Read More >>

Inside the Ropes

Inside the Ropes

Author: Arthur Mercante ,  Phil Guarnieri
ISBN: 9781590131404
Format: Paperback
$42.11

Presents the memoirs of a respected referee of boxing. This title covers the Golden Days of the sport, spanning...  Read More >>

John Davison: Little Man, Big Heart

John Davison: Little Man, Big Heart

Author: John Davison
ISBN: 9781844544424
Format: Hardback
$92.27

John Davison was 25 years old and going nowhere. Supporting his wife and daughter in a suburb of Newcastle with...  Read More >>

Boxing is My Sanctuary: A Collection of Essays

Boxing is My Sanctuary: A Collection of Essays

Author: Theodore Roland Sares
ISBN: 9780595445943
Format: Paperback
$68.51

No sport offers more allure and repulsion than the inviting and abrasive world of boxing. Starting on the mean streets...  Read More >>

Boxing Is My Sanctuary: A Collection of Essays

Boxing Is My Sanctuary: A Collection of Essays

Author: Theodore Roland Sares
ISBN: 9780595689927
Format: Hardback
$94.91

No sport offers more allure and repulsion than the inviting and abrasive world of boxing. Starting on the mean streets...  Read More >>

Ghosts of the Fisher

Ghosts of the Fisher

Author: Anthony Whatley
ISBN: 9781844264438
Format: Paperback
$20.67

In 'Ghosts of the Fisher' Anthony Whatley takes the reader on a journey from the Fisher Boxing Club down at the...  Read More >>

Hard Road to Glory

Hard Road to Glory

Author: Johnny Nelson
ISBN: 9781844544301
Format: Hardback
$89.63

A self-confessed coward, Johnny Nelson hoped his opponents wouldn't turn up. He twice froze when given the chance...  Read More >>

Amir Khan: A Boy from Bolton: My Story

Amir Khan: A Boy from Bolton: My Story

Author: Amir Khan
ISBN: 9780747588054
Format: Paperback
$38.79

Amir Khan is a standard bearer for his Pakistani heritage, his Lancashire upbringing and the future of British boxing....  Read More >>

Heart Soul Fire: The Journey of Paul Briggs

Heart Soul Fire: The Journey of Paul Briggs

Author: Gregor Salmon ,  Paul Briggs
ISBN: 9780732286576
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Cyclone Hart: Wicked Left Hook: Wicked Left Hook

Cyclone Hart: Wicked Left Hook: Wicked Left Hook

Author: Eugene Hart
ISBN: 9781425757861
Format: Paperback
$36.93

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Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: A Son's Struggle to Become a Man

Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: A Son's Struggle...

Author: Teddy Atlas
ISBN: 9780060542412
Format: Paperback
$36.93

Teddy captured the Adirondack Golden Gloves title at 139 pounds in 1976. Forced out of competition because of injury,...  Read More >>

Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World

Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World

Author: Mark Collins Jenkins ,  Lennox Lewis
ISBN: 9781602390287
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Many regard Muhammad Ali simply as “The Greatest” heavyweight of all time. Others admire his battles against racial...  Read More >>

Boxing: Advanced Tactics & Strategies

Boxing: Advanced Tactics & Strategies

Author: R Michael Onello
ISBN: 9781880336953
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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Body & Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer

Body & Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer

Author: Loïc Wacquant (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780195305623
Format: Paperback
$41.95

When French sociologist Loïc Wacquant signed up at a boxing gym in a black neighborhood of Chicago's South Side,...  Read More >>

Boxing's Ten Commandments: Essential Training for the Sweet Science

Boxing's Ten Commandments: Essential Training for the...

Author: Alan Lachica ,  Doug Werner
ISBN: 9781884654282
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Weaving fundamental skills into a progression of drills that hone technique in fighting situations, this book aids...  Read More >>

Heroes - Muhammad Ali

Heroes - Muhammad Ali

Author: Fredrik Colting ,  Carl Gadd
ISBN: 9789185449200
Format: Undefined
$15.71

A book on Muhammad Ali.  Read More >>

Fifty Fighters Who Changed Boxing

Fifty Fighters Who Changed Boxing

Author: Greg Lewis
ISBN: 9780646471365
Format: Paperback
$24.95

Brings together some of the most fascinating and colourful characters from the boxing world. Their fights, struggles...  Read More >>

Standing Eight: The Inspiring Story of Jesus ""El Matador"" Chavez

Standing Eight: The Inspiring Story of Jesus ""El Matador""...

Author: Adam Pitluk
ISBN: 9780306815355
Format: Paperback
$29.99

The extraordinary story of a man who overcame enormous obstacles-including time in prison and deportation to Mexico...  Read More >>

Punch Your Way To Fitness: How to use focus pads and punchbags to achieve your best ever fitness level

Punch Your Way To Fitness: How to use focus pads and...

Author: Ian Oliver
ISBN: 9781905005314
Format: Paperback
$32.95

Focus pad work is increasingly popular, but often people don't know how to get the most out of pads. Worse, people...  Read More >>

The Pussycat of Prizefighting: Tiger Flowers and the Politics of Black Celebrity

The Pussycat of Prizefighting: Tiger Flowers and the...

Author: Andrew M. Kaye
ISBN: 9780820329109
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Through the prism of prizefighting, this book reveals the personal cost African Americans faced as they attempted...  Read More >>

The Sweet Science

The Sweet Science

Author: A J Liebling ,  Professor Grover Gardner
ISBN: 9780786170180
Format: Audio
$79.07

A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the ""sweet science...  Read More >>

Sweet Science

Sweet Science

Author: A J Liebling ,  Professor Grover Gardner
ISBN: 9781433283161
Format: Downloadable audio file
$105.47

A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the sweet science...  Read More >>

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