 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson by Geoffrey C. Ward
Buy new: £6.73 / Used from: £2.60 A great profile on the first black heavyweight champion and the significance of his reign.
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 | In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens by Donald McRae
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 They stood for America but were not representitive of their nation. Fascinating
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 | The Big If: The Life and Death of Johnny Owen by Rick Broadbent
Buy used from: £3.45 An amazing story of courage. Loved this one.
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 | Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns and Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing by George Kimball
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £3.00 They were kings at a time when boxing needed them most. Great memories
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 | John L. Sullivan: The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight Champion by Adam J. Pollack
Buy new: £35.48 / Used from: £39.53 Probably the only book you really need to read on the career of the first gloved heavyweight champion of the world
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 | Sonny Liston: His Life, Strife and the Phantom Punch by Rob Steen
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £1.39 A tragic tale of lies and deceipt as told by a boxing sceptic - very interesting
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 | Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey by Jack Cavanaugh
Buy new: £8.49 / Used from: £8.29 This book is as much about Jack Dempsey as it is about Gene Tunney - a good read
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 | In the Ring With Bob Fitzsimmons by Adam J. Pollack
Buy used from: £46.44 The career of the first British born World Heavyweight champion brought together from primary sources
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 | Master of the Ring: The Extraordinary Life of Jem Mace Father of Boxing and the First Worldwide Sports Star by Graham Gordon
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £2.27 This is the best book on the father of modern boxing.
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 | Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £1.40 Thomas Hauser's work on Ali is a masterpiece - can't beat it for the authoratitive version of Ali's life
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 | James J. Corbett: Biography of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Vaudeville Headliner by Armond Fields
Buy new: £38.48 / Used from: £35.00 Just as with other works by Pollack - this is well researched and an amazing read
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 | Sam Langford: Boxing's Greatest Uncrowned Champion by Clay Moyle
Buy new: £15.54 / Used from: £15.61 Fascinating tale of an amazing fighter who was avoided by all Heavyweight Champions of his time
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 | Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing by Donald McRae
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £3.19 Simply fascinating - I loved this one
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 | The British Boxing Board of Control Boxing Yearbook 2009
Buy new: £12.96 / Used from: £16.37 These yearbooks contain all the facts about contemporary British boxers - great reference book
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 | Battling Siki: A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s by Peter Benson
Buy new: £14.50 / Used from: £11.95 The first authorative work on the fascinating life of the Senegalese fighter
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 | Rocky Marciano: The Rock of His Times (Sport and Society) by Russell Sullivan
Buy new: £11.43 / Used from: £7.88 Probably the best book on the Brockton Blockbuster
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 | Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler by Roberts
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £12.14 A great book on the Manassa Mauler - definitely should be in your bookcase
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 | War, Baby: The Glamour of Violence by Kevin Mitchell
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.93 Wow - a brutal fight, a sad ending, an amazing battle of wills.
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