Books

• Cleveland's Greatest Fighters of All Time - Jerry Fitch
• They Could Have Been Contenders: The Fine Fighters Who Never Got Their Chance – Jim McNeill
• Boxing Confidential. Power, Corruption and the Richest Prize in Sport – Jim Brady

Web Sites

• Cyber Boxing Zone
• International Boxing Hall of Fame
• BoxRec Internet Boxing Records Archive
• International Boxing Research Organization
• Pugilistica - Boxing Memorabilia
• Retired Boxers Foundation

Movies

• On the Waterfront (1954) – Elia Kazan
  Features Jimmy’s opponent Tami Mauriello and brief commentary on corruption in boxing
• The Joe Louis Story (1953) – Robert Gordon
  Biopic of the heavyweight champion and twice opponent of Jimmy Bivins. Stars Jimmy’s opponent Coley Wallace as Joe Louis.
• Raging Bull (1980) – Martin Scorsese
  Biopic of middleweight champion Jake LaMotta. Features Jimmy’s opponent Coley Wallace as Joe Louis.