Tag: books
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#5: ‘The Hurt Business’ edited by George Kimball and John Schulian
‘The Hurt Business’ is a vast collection of essays and excerpts from longer pieces, spanning many decades of boxing in America. As many collections of boxing essays take the same form, I’m probably going to end up repeating myself a lot during the process of putting this blog together, but… I find the best thing…
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#4: ‘Fat City’ by Leonard Gardner
‘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…
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#3: ‘Four Kings’ by George Kimball
‘Four Kings’ is a fascinating look at the overlapping careers of boxing legends Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns and Roberto Duran. After an introduction covering the upbringings and amateur careers of the quartet, each chapter of the book covers each time the four boxers fought one another. The book spans an amazing period for…
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#1: ‘McIlvanney on Boxing’ by Hugh McIlvanney
First post!! Woop! (Let’s hope I stick with this and don’t just jack it in) I first got into reading about boxing through the reporting of British newspapers and the writing of the likes of Colin Hart and Steve Bunce – I won’t go into it now but I’m sure my attraction to boxing writing…
Writers on Boxing 