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Boxing
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Gloves, glory and God
Henry Armstrong, London Sportsman’s book club 1960
Pacman Autobiography
Manny Pacquiao, Nashville, Dunham Books, 2010. ISBN 978- 1-4276-4768-9
My Olympic Dream
Katie Taylor, London, Simon & Schuster, 2012. ISBN 978-1-47112-593-5
Holyfield, The humble warrior
Evander and Bernard Holyfield, London, Thomas Nelson, 1996. ISBN 0-78 52-7693-9
God in my corner
George Foreman, Nashville, Thomas Nelson 2007. ISBN10:0-8499-0314-9
Anthony Joshua
portrait of a boxing hero, Iain Spragg, London, Carlton, 2018. ISBN978-1-78739-044-7
Becoming Holyfield
Evander Holyfield, London, Simon & Schuster, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84737-137-9
The soul of boxing
Phil Shirley, London, Harper Collins, 1999 ISBN 000274029X
Sparring with Life
Jimmy Tibbs, Liverpool, Sport Media 2014. ISBN 9781908695857
Dark Destroyer
Nigel Benn, London John Blake, 1999/2017 ISBN: 978 178 606 262 8
Floyd Patterson
WK Stratton, Edinburgh, Mainstream, 2012. ISBN 9 78178 0576206
Behind the mask
Tyson Fury, London, Century, 2010 ISBN 9781529124866
Eubank
The autobiography, Chris Eubank, London, Willow Collins, 2003. ISBN 0 00 712232 2
The Biggest Fight
Michael Watson, Time Warner Books, 2014. ISBN 0 316 725641
Pacman
Gary Poole, Philadelphia, Da Capo Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-306-81949-0
Dog Rounds
(Death and life in the boxing ring), Elliot Worsell, London, Blink, 2017. ISBN 978-1-911274-79-7
The Good Son
(Life of Ray Mancini) Mark Kriegel, New York, Free Press, 2012. ISBN978-0-7432-8635-0
Katie Taylor
Jason O’Toole, Dublin, Tea Pot Press, 2012 ISBN 978071715606