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The Fight (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.03 — 5,741 ratings — published 1975
The Sweet Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,616 ratings — published 1949
King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.26 — 5,100 ratings — published 1998
On Boxing (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,658 ratings — published 1987
Four Kings: The intoxicating and captivating tale of four men who changed the face of boxing from award-winning sports writer George Kimball (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,216 ratings — published 2008
Undisputed Truth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.17 — 11,748 ratings — published 2013
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,014 ratings — published 2004
Fat City (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.99 — 5,680 ratings — published 1969
Ghosts of Manila: The Fateful Blood Feud Between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.88 — 783 ratings — published 2001
Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,875 ratings — published 1991
Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing (Mainstream Sport)
by (shelved 37 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.49 — 635 ratings — published 1997
Ali: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.46 — 4,329 ratings — published 2017
Hands of Stone: The Life and Legend of Roberto Duran (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.97 — 542 ratings — published 2006
Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer, And The Greatest Upset In Boxing History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,016 ratings — published 2005
Million Dollar Baby (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,724 ratings — published 2000
A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.15 — 542 ratings — published 1999
Loving Romeo (Magnolia Falls, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.02 — 38,433 ratings — published 2024
The Professional (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,229 ratings — published 1958
The Devil and Sonny Liston (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.84 — 816 ratings — published 2000
The Berlin Boxing Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,995 ratings — published 2011
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.36 — 96,749 ratings — published 1989
The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.83 — 851 ratings — published 2011
The Last Great Fight: The Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and How One Fight Changed Their Lives Forever (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.05 — 350 ratings — published 2007
Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: A Son's Struggle to Become a Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.30 — 711 ratings — published 2006
My View from the Corner: A Life in Boxing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.04 — 229 ratings — published 2007
The Hurricane (The Hurricane, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.03 — 15,870 ratings — published 2015
Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.21 — 486 ratings — published 2018
The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.03 — 219 ratings — published 1995
At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.37 — 190 ratings — published 2011
The Greatest: My Own Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,647 ratings — published 1975
Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink (Vintage)
by (shelved 17 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.01 — 273 ratings — published 2002
Smokin' Joe: The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin' Joe Frazier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.96 — 278 ratings — published 1996
This Bloody Mary is the Last Thing I Own: A Journey to the End of Boxing (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.88 — 351 ratings — published 1997
A Neutral Corner: Boxing Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.41 — 123 ratings — published 1990
Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.32 — 493 ratings — published 1983
Raging Bull: My Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.05 — 540 ratings — published 1970
In This Corner . . . !: Forty-two World Champions Tell Their Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.19 — 104 ratings — published 1973
Shadow Box (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.26 — 241 ratings — published 1977
Distance (Beneath the Mask, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.87 — 49,817 ratings — published
Becoming Muhammad Ali (Becoming Ali, 1)
by (shelved 14 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,135 ratings — published 2020
The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.86 — 93 ratings — published 2008
McIlvanney On Boxing (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.36 — 84 ratings — published 1994
Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing's Invisible Champion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.02 — 125 ratings — published 2012
Strong Boy (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as boxing)
avg rating 4.16 — 233 ratings — published 2013
The Contender (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.66 — 4,835 ratings — published 1967
Pound for Pound (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.97 — 366 ratings — published 2006
Behind the Mask: My Autobiography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as boxing)
avg rating 3.98 — 4,919 ratings — published 2019
“Never Fight ugly people—they have nothing to Lose.”
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“In Muay Thai, the true essence lies not in defeating our opponents but in conquering our own selves and being the best version of ourselves that we can be.”
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