‘Fat City’ by Leonard Gardner is probably the most common internet search result when looking for (good) fiction about boxing. I can see why, as it’s a well paced and fairly vivid portrayal of a boxer chasing a dream of success (money).
Some of the story may now seem a little cliché but that’s probably because the image of a fighter struggling against the odds, taking buses or hitchhiking through the night, for one final payday, has clearly influenced a number of subsequent boxing books, plays and movies.
Writers on Boxing 
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