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Title: Larry Holmes: Against the Odds by Larry Holmes, Larry Holmes ISBN: 0-312-18736-X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.3 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Long overdue Bio on ALL-TIME Great, Excellent!
Comment: Phil Berger does it again. If you loved his work on Joe Frazier's bio, or his equally brilliant, Punch Lines and Blood Season, than you'll love this classic. Holmes' Long awaited biography got overshadowed by Dave Remick's King of THe World, but it was equally as good. Against All Odds reminds everyone just how great a fighter Holmes was. THe book was honest and insightful and just an overall wonderful read. If you grew up in the Ali era and didn't want to accept the great fighter who followed him or were brought up in the heavily hyped Tyson era, I suggest you pick up this book and find out what you missed. Larry Holmes was one of Top Five greatest Heavyweights of All Time and Phil Berger's book reminds us why he is deserving of such a compliment. My personal top 10: 1- Ali, 2- Holmes, 3-Louis, 4-Liston, 5-Foreman, 6-Frazier, 7-Holyfield, 8-Marciano, 9-Tyson & 10-Johnson (Dempsey & CHarles fall in at 11 & 12). Enjoy.
Rating: 4
Summary: Holmes is still not pulling punches!
Comment: Larry Holmes never received the respect he deserved for his accomplishments in the boxing ring, and this book gives the reader a look at the entire path which he took to becoming champion.
From fight for $150 purses early in his career, to being robbed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by Don King, to having a fight against Michael Spinks stolen from him, this book will help the Holmes admirer and detractor better understand how he had to battle to become and stay a champion. The book also gives the reader an insight into the seediness of boxing and the personalities.
Very good read for the fight fan.
Rating: 4
Summary: Entertaining Read... but how honest?
Comment: This book is definitely an entertaining and easy read. Holmes recounts his rise and reign as heavyweight champion of the world. He shares the brutal realities of professional boxing with great humor. The stories he tells about Don King's greed and audacity are hilarious and worth the price of the book alone. However, I question how honest Holmes is about himself. He portrays himself as a good, decent man in the rough and dishonest world of professional boxing. I think this is how Holmes wants to see himself. But some of his stories are clearly false. For instance, Holmes claims that Norton tried to intimidate him before the fight by staring him down. But in the tape of the fight, it is Holmes, not Norton, who is doing the staring down. I think the book reveals that Holmes didn't want to acknowledge his own anger. Instead, Holmes wants you to believe he is the constant victim.
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Title: Going the Distance : The Ken Norton Story by Ken Norton, Marshall Terrill, Mike Fitzgerald ISBN: 1582612250 Publisher: Sports Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: By George: The Autobiography of George Foreman by George Foreman, Joel Engel ISBN: 0743201124 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Earnie Shavers: Welcome to the Big Time by Earnie Shavers, Mike Fitzgerald, Marshall Terrill, Bert Randolph Sugar ISBN: 158261363X Publisher: Sports Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Smokin' Joe: The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin' Joe Frazier by Joe Frazier, Phil Berger ISBN: 002860847X Publisher: Hungry Minds, Inc Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s by Roger Kahn ISBN: 0151002967 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 05 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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