Boxing books

The Golden Gloves Tournament is an American institution which is centre stage in the amateur boxing world. In Anasi's...  Read More >>

Acclaimed boxing writer Thomas Hauser admires the sweet science, but he also recognizes and confronts its problems....  Read More >>

Carlo Rotella, an award-winning writer and ringside veteran, unearths the hard wisdom in any kind of fight, from...  Read More >>

Tom Spring was an extremely elegant fighter who swept all before him in the 1820's. The pupil of another legendary...  Read More >>

"Boston's Boxing Heritage: Prizefighting from 1882 to 1955 chronicles the rich history of prizefighting in Boston...  Read More >>

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"Philadelphia has long been called the number one fight town in the world. The relentless fighting style of its...  Read More >>

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'Before Benny, nobody from the Gorbals became World Champion of anything...' Benny Lynch was Scotland's first...  Read More >>

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A regular winner of the fiercely contested UK Sports Writer of the Year award, he also has the unique distinction...  Read More >>

Philadelphia has long been called the number one fight town in the world. The relentless fighting style of its boxers...  Read More >>

An account of the dual lives of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier and the long-running feud between them.  Read More >>

The author explores the careers and private lives of the first two African-American boxing champions in order to...  Read More >>

"On 19 July 1972, Muhammad Ali defeated Al ""Blue"" Lewis in 11 rounds at Croke Park, Dublin. It was an extraordinary...  Read More >>

Big city boy grabs scholarship to escape L.A. insanity to small-town America. Meets, wins, loses ?  Read More >>

"Featuring contributions by Joyce Carol Oates, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Yardley, and others, ""Iron Mike"" collects...  Read More >>

"Boxing began in Cleveland in the 1880s. As pugilism was an illegal activity, brawling workers from the iron ore...  Read More >>

Boxing began in Cleveland in the 1880s. As pugilism was an illegal activity, brawling workers from the iron ore...  Read More >>

Combat Kick Boxing is the first book to bring kick boxing techniques to the attention of the serious student of...  Read More >>

"When Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila for their third fight, their rivalry had spun out of control. The Ali-Frazier...  Read More >>

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"Updated by Nigel Collins, author of ""Boxing Babylon"", this classic ""bible of boxing"" has been continuously...  Read More >>

In this touching, insightful look into the powerful myth of Muhammad Ali and the singular man behind it, the big...  Read More >>