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« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2009, 06:35:18 PM » |
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Anyone know whats Oscars books like ?
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LiveFight
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« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2009, 06:35:18 PM » |
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rockytony67
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« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2009, 04:58:13 PM » |
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A Welshman in the Bronx by Graeme Kent 1/11/09  When heavyweight boxer Tommy Farr travelled to New York in 1937 to take on World Champion Joe Louis, many predicted he'd be knocked out in the first round. But, by the end of the bout, he'd won the respect of boxing fans worldwide and booked his place in boxing history, where the Louis vs Farr fight is remembered as one of the greatest of all time. Farr was an incredibly brave, skilful fighter. "A Welshman in the Bronx" looks at the six week period leading up to the fight. Press conferences and publicity stunts became a daily routine for the bewildered 23 year old, as was the unwelcome attention of mobsters and gangsters determined to make money from his failure. But although the odds were stacked against him, he remained undeterred. At the weigh in, Louis asked how Farr had gained the distinctive scars on his back. They were the result of a mining accident, but Farr led Louis to believe they were gained from wrestling tigers, visibly unsettling his opponent. Farr took Louis the distance, but lost on a controversial points decision. He may have lost on the night, but Farr had boxed the fight of his life, winning the admiration of the boxing world, and setting him on a path that would see his extraordinary rise from rags to riches. |
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leerhodes
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« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2009, 07:10:43 PM » |
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Just read Johnny Nelsons " HARD ROAD TO GLORY " really enjoyed it  |
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rockytony67
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« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2009, 07:11:01 PM » |
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Shelby's Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns and the shakedown of a Montana Boomtown May 2010  |
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rockytony67
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« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2009, 07:14:32 PM » |
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Bernard Dunne: The Ecstasy and the Agony(out this month)  |
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rockytony67
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« Reply #20 on: November 18, 2009, 07:16:56 PM » |
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No Place to Hide/Errol Christie  Out March next year 'Seeing my future crumble before my eyes, I grasped for the rope. Before my eyes, I saw an eight year old kid at the Standard Triumph putting on gloves for the first time. A teenage schoolboy champion effortlessly destroying everything put before him. All that struggle and here, in front of all my enemies, it would come to this - this ignominious end.' This is not the story of a celebrity sportsman. It's not the story of a life covered in glory with its attendant cavalcade of famous friends, easy wins and glamorous encounters. Errol Christie may have been one of the most promising British boxers of his generation - a Fight Night poster boy, captain of the England boxing team, English and European champion, and a cocky, Ali-esque dancer with a reputation for devastating early knockouts - but this is not that story. This is a story about fighting. Coventry in the dying days of the Seventies was a tough place to grow up - especially if you were poor and black. At the same time as the young Errol Christie was raising the flag in the ring, his fists were seeing off skinhead tormentors and NF bootboys on the streets. Britain was sickening from a vicious racial divide, and even when the big time turned up Errol soon discovered that a black boxer who refused to play by the rules - white rules - would never be tolerated. In 1985, after a string of professional knockouts, Errol faced Mark Kaylor in a brutal bout that tore open the country's simmering racial enmities. In the eighth round he went down - and stayed down, the roar of the hard right in his ears. But the years that followed would see Errol square up against a far tougher adversary - as he found himself out in the cold, struggling to get by, and alone with only his own shattered confidence and no place to hide. Errol Christie is a former professional boxer and amateur champion. He has since become a trainer and is one of the country's leading coaches of 'white collar boxing', with students including Dermot O'Leary and Gianluca Vialli. He also works in inner city schools, using boxing and his experiences of racism to campaign against knife and gun crime. Tony McMahon is one of Errol's students. An online, TV and print journalist he is also the co-writer of Aurum's Original Rude Boy, the autobiography of Neville Staple. |
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rockytony67
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« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2009, 08:31:07 PM » |
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The Boxers of Wales - Cardiff (Paperback) by Gareth Jones (Author)  Out this month one for our esteemed moderator  |
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styledoctor
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« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2009, 09:51:06 PM » |
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This one has just been released Fight or Die: The Vinny Paz Story  The Years of the Locust: A True Story of Murder, Money and Mayhem in the Last Age of Boxing  This book has been out for a couple of months, but seems to have slipped under the rader. Its a great read and shows what it's like to be a journeyman boxer in the USA(although at the extreme end)  Been transferring a few old VHS fights to DVD and interesting to see the main character in the book Rick "Elvis" Parker walking Bert Cooper into the ring against Holyfield in their heavyweight title fight back in 91. |
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rockytony67
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« Reply #23 on: November 24, 2009, 09:36:36 AM » |
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I'm sure I've got one of the Gastineau-Anderson fights on tape, also the Tex Cobb-Sonny Barch fight that was fixed |
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styledoctor
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« Reply #24 on: November 24, 2009, 11:07:15 PM » |
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I'm sure I've got one of the Gastineau-Anderson fights on tape, also the Tex Cobb-Sonny Barch fight that was fixed Good for an upload Tony?  |
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The Sands
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« Reply #25 on: November 25, 2009, 07:18:06 PM » |
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Good shout mate. Have you read Teddy Atlas' autobiography? Must be published a couple of years now but I loved it.
That book is next on my list, been looking forward to reading it for some time. Do you (or anyone else) have any Tyson-specific book recommendations? I've been looking at the Peter Heller book on Tyson , "Bad Intentions" Has anyone read it? Any good? |
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Wheelchair
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« Reply #26 on: November 25, 2009, 07:22:48 PM » |
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Do you (or anyone else) have any Tyson-specific book recommendations?
There's a book about the stories of people who faced Tyson its called The Long Round. |
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styledoctor
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« Reply #27 on: November 25, 2009, 09:01:44 PM » |
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That book is next on my list, been looking forward to reading it for some time.
Do you (or anyone else) have any Tyson-specific book recommendations? I've been looking at the Peter Heller book on Tyson , "Bad Intentions" Has anyone read it? Any good?
Yes mate I read it back in the day -about 1990, it was just called TYSON back then. There were 100's of Tyson books on the market then and this was the best. I'm sure it's been updated since then as a lot has happened in the intervening 19 years!!!! |
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WelshDevilRob
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« Reply #28 on: November 25, 2009, 11:47:59 PM » |
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The Boxers of Wales - Cardiff (Paperback) by Gareth Jones (Author) Out this month one for our esteemed moderator Shall check this one out when doing my Christmas shopping in Cardiff. |
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David Haye on Klitschko:"All I need is a ring and a ref who can count to ten"
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nikolidante
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« Reply #29 on: November 27, 2009, 08:57:58 PM » |
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Anyone know whats Oscars books like ?
reading it now will let you know |
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