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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 796.83092 EAN: 9781592286324 ISBN: 1592286321 Label: The Lyons Press Manufacturer: The Lyons Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: January 01, 2006 Publisher: The Lyons Press Studio: The Lyons Press Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Boxing HistoryIf you like boxing and its glorious history, this book is for you. Bert Sugar is the recognized king of boxing writers, and he knows his stuff. A must for the boxing fan. Rating: - Great Overview of the Sweetest ScientistsAll Top 10, Top 25, Top 100, etc. lists are designed to provoke arguments, and this one does. All of the fighters in the book deserve to be here (I guess, there are a lot from before 1920 that are waaaay before my time). The disagreements come with the rankings, why fighter A is ranked higher than fighter B. But Bert Sugar backs up his opinions with facts, which is all you can ask, agree with him or not. Great reading for any fan of the squared circle. Rating:  - A Book Written by a Stubborn Old ManI have tremendous respect for Sugar, but putting Iron Mike Tyson at # 100 is absolute garbage. Tyson in his prime is at least, at the very LEAST a top 50 all-time great. Not only was he a great fighter, but also consider the fact that he is the biggest box-office draw in boxing history. During the 1980's Tyson was the MOST popular athlete in America, and this was during a time when Bird, Magic, Jordan, Montana, and Ray Leonard were all in their primes! He defended his title 10 times from 1986 ... Read More Rating: - Entertaining and well-writtenThis latest edition of "Boxing's Greatest Fighters" is an update from the 1984 edition. I have both copies, mainly because I was curious to see how Bert Sugar re-ranked some of my favorite fighters. For example, Sugar Ray Leonard moved from #56 to #25. Overall, this is a well-written, entertaining book. It's probably not logical to rate fighters from different eras, but the concept is hard to resist for a boxing fan, especially one interested in its early history. As with many others reviewers, ... Read More Rating: - DisappointedI've always admired and respected Bert Sugar for his intelligent and often humorous analyst of boxing history and the great fighters of the past, however, I must sadly say this book was terrible. Aside from an occasional comical quote or commit the book was simply silly and insulting to any boxing aficionado. For example, Bert actually ranked Joe Frazier higher than Carlos Monzon and Marvelous Marvin Hagler in this publication. He did this despite the fact that Carlos Monzon and Hagler were vastly ... Read More |
