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    #11
    Originally posted by Mr Mitts View Post
    Bronson may be the best here for boxing book recommendations. He seems to have read a hella lot of them. He can probably break it into separate categories according to what you need.
    You provoking me?


    Dude repeats two authors all day and gets this.

    Meanwhile he argues with me as to whether or not Nat Fleischer is a plagiarist. Hmm.

    Let's see what some author is not me have to say. Because that is how we prove who reads books around this place ... by citing authors:

    "The second attempt to chronicle the journey of black pugilists was Nat Fleischer's "Black Dynamite" series that began in 1938. Released in 5 volumes, Fliescher's work was heavily flawed. Nat, simply plagiarizing directly from "The Lives and Battles of Famous Black Pugilists" by Richard Fox, brought little in terms of historical research." - Kevin Smith of the IBRO page 3 of Black Genesis.

    Now my position on Nat is read and educated and no longer just some weird outlier among a gaggle who have never cracked a ****ing book of any kind.


    I'm not even a little bit shy about saying, nah dog, not even close. We argue because I am book and source educated while that jabroni got everything he knows from two different magazines. Take Bell's mix in Ring, you have Bronny's full range of history and I can call him like that because I am that damn read.

    Point being, jesus ****ing murphy would that not be your answer if you read a book


    Reading book, shocker, turns you against the propaganda of the magazine that's controlled the historical narrative since the ****ing 20s despite its numerous scandals and being such a bad source for history a man can sell books covering exactly what that **** was meant to a century ago.

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      #12
      Sorry to have provoked you, Marge. Was not my intention. What I know is Bronny's 'facts' are usually reliable and I have seen him cite a lot of books. To me it is not a contest to see who can cite more books.

      In point of fact, sir, I do read a lot. Just not on boxing very much. I would rather have boxing information synthesized for me by posters here so it is ready to eat. I have to conserve my energy for unsolved math problems and top shelf literature. Admittedly I watch a lot of movies too, when I get tired out.

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        #13
        Originally posted by Mr Mitts View Post
        I have to conserve my energy for unsolved math problems and top shelf literature
        This is up there for one of the most douchey things i've read on this forum, and I love it.
        BattlingNelson BattlingNelson likes this.

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          #14
          Nobody has come up with anything that interests me

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            #15
            Originally posted by solidman View Post
            Nobody has come up with anything that interests me
            Try Shadowbox by George Plimpton.

            The section on the build up to the first Ali - Liston fight is superb.

            And shows just how much awe and fear Sonny inspired in both journalists and public alike.

            People forget it now but at the time some said he was the greatest heavyweight who ever lived.

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              #16
              Originally posted by BodiesInFlight View Post

              This is up there for one of the most douchey things i've read on this forum, and I love it.
              Am I to assume you are an uneducated idiot, then, and not an educated one? I missed my old BodiesInFlight;n32455407].

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                #17
                Might buy Donald Mcrae's new book

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by BodiesInFlight View Post

                  This is up there for one of the most douchey things i've read on this forum, and I love it.
                  Well. I lolled as well lol.

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                    #19
                    The sixteenth round .


                    This is good as well.

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