Somebody Up There Likes Me: The Story of My Life So Far

by Rocky Graziano, Rowland Barber

Genres: Sports, Biography, History, Autobiography, Nonfiction

366 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1954

Reviews

[Quentin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rocky Graziano's Horatio Alger rise from Alphabet City street hood to middleweight champ of the world; told in Rocky's own colorful "deese, dem & does" street lingo. Kudos to sports writer Rowland Barber, the Rock's "co-author." A best seller when originally released and still the best boxing book ever written.

[Mario · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this about 6-7 years ago and at the time it was one of the best boxing books I had read. Even now, in the biography section, it is still right up there.

The language of Graziano is that of the streets and can take a few pages to get used to but it also added to the authenticity and character of it. He had an unstable family life and like many kids in that part of New York he was in a gang and got into trouble with the law and it was boxing that straightened him out.

[Charles]

this a really good book about the famous boxer rocky graziano who is also my 3rd cousin.it is all about his life and how he started as a really bad kid from the streets.he went to boot camp, he got arrested, all of that, and he still never learned but boxing saved him and he became a world champ

[Chromatic Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not really into sport, but this book was a brilliant read, the story of Rocky and his rise to fame in the boxing world.

[Daniel Kleven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rocky Graziano was the middleweight boxing champion of the world for one year in 1947–1948. This is his memoir, which was made into a 1956 film starring Paul Newman. I loved the film, and I loved this book as well. Really a gripping memoir from the streets of New York, to the army, to the top of the world. Classic 1950s media and I loved it.