Best Books on Boxing and Boxers
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King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
by:
David Remnick
4.26 avg rating — 4,842 ratings 3. 
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
by:
Geoffrey C. Ward
4.23 avg rating — 961 ratings 
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Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer, And The Greatest Upset In Boxing History
by:
Jeremy Schaap
4.16 avg rating — 953 ratings 
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A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s
by:
Roger Kahn
4.15 avg rating — 506 ratings 
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Ghosts of Manila: The Fateful Blood Feud Between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
by:
Mark Kram
3.90 avg rating — 744 ratings 
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Two Ton: One Night, One Fight -Tony Galento v. Joe Louis
by:
Joseph Monninger
4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings 
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Boxing Stories (The Works of Robert E. Howard series)
by:
Robert E. Howard
4.24 avg rating — 127 ratings 25. 
The Last Great Fight: The Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and How One Fight Changed Their Lives Forever
by:
Joe Layden
4.03 avg rating — 337 ratings 
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One Punch from the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title
by:
John Florio
4.43 avg rating — 68 ratings 
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American Wop - Beaver Buffalo Buttons Brass Boxing and Beer: That's why you're here!
by:
Jack Tar
4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings 
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The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science
by:
Mike Silver
3.83 avg rating — 86 ratings 
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Sonny Liston -- The Real Story Behind the Ali-Liston Fights
by:
Paul Gallender
4.12 avg rating — 119 ratings 
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Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World
by:
Mike Stanton
4.20 avg rating — 440 ratings 
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Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink
by:
David Margolick
4.01 avg rating — 261 ratings 49. 
The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing
by:
Thomas Hauser
4.32 avg rating — 124 ratings 51. 
A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson
by:
Richard Hoffer
3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings 
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Sparring with Hemingway: And Other Legends of the Fight Game
by:
Budd Schulberg
3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings 
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In This Corner . . . !: Forty-two World Champions Tell Their Stories
by:
Peter Heller
4.17 avg rating — 100 ratings 62. 
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Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner: Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color Line really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Richmond Unchained: The Biography of the World's First Black Sporting Superstar
by:
Luke G. Williams
4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings 66. 
Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America's First Sports Hero 4.16 avg rating — 219 ratings
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The Bittersweet Science: Fifteen Writers in the Gym, in the Corner, and at Ringside
by:
Carlo Rotella
4.38 avg rating — 50 ratings 
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Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: A Son's Struggle to Become a Man
by:
Teddy Atlas
4.29 avg rating — 674 ratings 
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Steve Canton's Tributes, Memories & Observations of the Sweet Science
by:
Steven J. Canton
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 
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Leg dich, Zigeuner: Die Geschichte von Johann Trollmann und Tull Harder
by:
Roger Repplinger
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 
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A Cuban Boxer's Journey: Guillermo Rigondeaux, from Castro's Traitor to American Champion 4.12 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Tales from the 5th Street Gym: Ali, the Dundees, and Miami's Golden Age of Boxing
by:
Ferdie Pacheco
3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings 75. 
FISTOFMANIA: The Tale Of Isa Ali The Aboriginal Superhero Boxer Vol. 1
by:
Quincy McAdoo
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings 
75. 
The Murder of Sonny Liston: Las Vegas, Heroin, and Heavyweights
by:
Shaun Assael
3.60 avg rating — 540 ratings 
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Warrior: (Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023)
by:
Tris Dixon
4.77 avg rating — 43 ratings 
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The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft
by:
Reinhard Kleist
4.08 avg rating — 1,178 ratings 