Boxing category: 529 books
Toy Bulldog
The Fighting Life and Times of Mickey Walker
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
This is a cradle-to-grave biography of Mickey Walker, former welterweight (1922–1926) and middleweight champion (1926–1931) of the world, one of the greatest fighters in ring history. He fought at a time when boxing was a major sport with only eight championships, and he held two of them over...
The First Superstar
Bareknuckles: John L. Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2008
The First Superstar tells how John L. Sullivan forged the link between media and sports by being such good copy that the papers of the 1880s couldn't help but report his every move. What Babe Ruth's homeruns were to baseball, Sullivan's knock-outs were to boxing, and Sullivan came first. The heavyweight...
Cinderella Man
James J. Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
New York Times Bestseller: This true Depression-era story of a down-and-out fighter’s dramatic comeback is “a delight” (David Halberstam).
James J. Braddock was a once promising light heavyweight. But a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the...
Mike Tyson
The Release of Power
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Written by the late, great boxing broadcaster, Reg Gutteridge, this is the inside story of Mike Tyson, the most explosive and controversial world heavyweight boxing champion of all time.
Jack Johnson
In the Ring and Out
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
First published in 1927, Jack Johnson’s autobiography, Jack Johnson: In the Ring and Out, remains the key source for information about his life. As he himself states in it: “I am astounded when I realize that there are few men in any period of the world’s history, who have led a more varied...
Joe Gans
A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. Gans was a master strategist and tactician, and one of the earliest practitioners of “scientific” boxing. As a black champion reigning during the Jim Crow era, he endured physical...
by Randy Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
A “humbling, inspiring . . . deeply emotional” biography of the boxing legend who held the heavyweight world championship for more than eleven years (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Known as the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title an astonishing twenty-five times. Through...
I Fight for a Living
Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
The black prizefighter labored in one of the few trades where an African American man could win renown: boxing. His prowess in the ring asserted an independence and powerful masculinity rare for black men in a white-dominated society, allowing him to be a man--and thus truly free. Louis Moore draws...
Come Out Smokin'
Joe Frazier: The Champ Nobody Knew
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2012
The first book ever to delve into the life of the legendary heavyweight boxing champion.
Acclaimed sportswriter Phil Pepe explores the iconic boxer “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier’s early beginnings. From his dirt poor childhood and relationship with his father to his street fights and Olympic boxing...
At Home with Muhammad Ali
A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Muhammad Ali’s daughter captures the legendary heavyweight boxing champion, Olympic Gold medalist, activist, and philanthropist as never before in this candid and intimate family memoir, based on personal recordings he kept throughout his adult life.
Athlete. Activist. Champion. Ambassador....
by Barry McGuigan
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
On a hot summer's night, in June 1985, in one of the most emotionally charged fights of all time, Barry McGuigan beat Eusebio Pedroza to become the featherweight champion of the world. An epic battle that lasted a full 15 rounds, it remains one of sport's greatest moments - watched by 27,000 spectators...
by Patrick Triplett
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2012
As Muhammad Ali celebrated his 70th birthday recently I began thinking of all the memories of the man who shocked the boxing world in 1964 and rose to become a legend, his battles both inside and outside the ring, and his eventual place in sports folklore.Patrick Triplett is a longtime author and sports columnist who has published several books on boxing.
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Lew Feldman is a largely unknown fighter who was a prominent boxer on the cards at Madison Square Garden and many New York City arenas in the era of the Great Depression. He was an aggressive fighter who mauled his opponents with punches. Feldman boxed many of the most prominent names in the lightweight...
Smokin' Joe
The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin' Joe Frazier
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
When boxing was bold, bright, and glamorous and the fights were the hottest sporting events of the year, Joe Frazier was king as the Heavyweight Champion of the World. From 1970 to 1973 he reigned. With a career record of 32-4-1 with twenty-seven knockouts and an Olympic gold medal, Frazier leaves...