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Boxing: Heroes & Champions

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this is one of the great books available the sport of boxing.whether you are a casual fan,or the true afficionado this book is a must.filled with great photos,great bios,and recaps of some of the greatest bouts ever fought.one of the best things about this book is that the info is right there for you to compare the modern day "pound for pound" best and compare them with the best of all time.the sad part is that you will also see that boxing has degenerated to the point where a "champion"is rarely what would be a champion by the standards of the days gone by.

This handsome book with it's colorful and captivating photos, encompasses and presents a succinct exciting, yet compassionate commentary of the men who competed in the most aggressive and most popular sport in history. The commentaries blend the personal with the professional. It is done in a very sensitive manner allowing room for one to appreciate, as best possible, the true personality of the champion. It preserves their stature as heroes yet allows us to see them, in a sense, as frail humans with much left to be desired. It is truly a collector's item; a must for any boxing fan who has followed the game over the years.

This book is more or less Bob Mees personal boxing hall of fame with one page profiles of various all time great fighters combined with profiles of 50 classic fights. I was impressed that he included a lot of fighters from Europe, Asia and South America that might not be known to many American boxing fans. He even included one of my personal favorites, the great Argentine defensive wizard Nicholino Loche. If I had a complaint with this book its that whoever the publisher hired as an editor needs to fired. For example there were several cases where in a career highlight box that was on each fighters page they would mention something about them fighting Roberto Duran when not only did the fighter in question never fight Duran they were in some cases dead before he was even born. Other than that I was very happy with this book. Considering thats its full of amazing classic boxing photos, its HUGE size, and you can score a copy for next to nothing you really can't go wrong here.

This is simply the best you boxing book you can buy if want to learn about the IDIVIDUAL boxers and their lives and carrers. Also includes a greatest fights section where 50 classic bouts are reviewed. Why is this the best book you can buy about the boxers in the sport? Simple it does not ignore some of the great Asian fighters such as Khaosai Galaxy, Myung-Woo Yuh, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Pone Kingpetch and others. In most American books on boxing these great fighters and other European fighters that are in this book are overlooked for American fighters such a Ray Mercer and Tommy Morrison who are not nearly as good as some of the champions listed in this excellent book. 300!!!!! Well done Fighter biographies (with carrer records, achievements and championship dates) and 50 milestone bouts are in this book. A must buy for any serious or casual boxing fan.

This is a one of the better boxing pictorial books ever done. Great pics and intelligent and fair text.

The book was very good. I did however miss some names that definetley should have been there like Jess Willard, Tim Witherspoon, Ken Norton, Kevin Kelley and Ray Mercer.