Boxing Book Review: The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists

History doesn't change, but rankings do. In The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists, Bert Randolph Sugar and Teddy Atlas rank everything in boxing from the greatest quotes, movies, best and worst chins to the boxers with the best footwork, defense, highest punch output and IQ.

Trying to rank the top 10 boxers, knockouts and matches in the history of the sport can be a tough but rewarding task. It's even harder to rank the most famous disqualifications, best boxing songs and most menacing nicknames. Sugar and Atlas attempt to do just that.

If you like lists and like debating about the most compelling and unique aspects of boxing, this is a must have book for all enthusiasts of the sport.

There are a total of 88 lists and feature contributions from Muhammad Ali, Angelo Dundee, Tommy Hearns, Iran Barkley and many more. Bob Cannobio gives his list of the top 10 busiest punch outputs compubox has ever recorded. Another list features Harold Lederman giving his top 10 most controversial decisions.

The list of "Best Lines on Individual Aspects of Boxing" features this quote from George Foreman: "Boxing is sort of like jazz. The better it is, the less people can appreciate it."

What are the biggest boxing stories of the last 50 years? Is it Mike Tyson's upset loss to Buster Douglas or Muhammad Ali's refusal to enter the draft?

Where does Manny Pacquiao rank on the list of the fastest hands in boxing?

Who was the more intimidating fighter, Mike Tyson or Sonny Liston?

What makes this book worth it's $14.99 price tag is that it is written by two of the most respected and educated people in the sport, Sugar and Atlas.

Bert Randolph Sugar was the editor and publisher of the ring from 1979-1983 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005. Teddy Atlas has trained boxers like Mike Tyson and Michael Moorer and remains one of the more unique voices in the sport as the commentator on ESPN Friday Night Fights.

This is truly a championship book that is worth having in your collection.