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Lot # 867: 1927-2003 Boxing Ticket Collection w/Major Names & Some Full (36)

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Item was in Auction "Late Fall Classic 2021",
which ran from 11/14/2021 7:00 PM to
12/11/2021 10:00 PM



Collection of 36 boxing tickets, spanning the years 1927 to 2003, including those issued for bouts featuring former World Champions. Highlights include Ali v. Patterson, Dempsey v. Tunney, Marciano v. Charles, Liston v. Patterson, Frazier v. Mathis, and Robinson v. Turpin. Seventeen of the tickets are generic in nature and were issued for Golden Gloves bouts or "All-Star Boxing Shows" at various venues, and three others are for foreign bouts. Unless otherwise noted, all the tickets are stubs. Condition ranges from FR to EX-MT, averaging VG. Sizes range from 2.5x2" to 8.5x4". Some of the tickets are in the form of passes issued to "Officials" or "Employees" (duly noted in our listing).

Fight-Specific Tickets (16): 1) Dempsey v. Tunney (9/22/27, "Long Count" bout), 2) Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Turpin (9/12/51, "Official" pass), 3) Marciano v. LaStarza (9/24/53), 4) Gavilan v. Olson (4/2/54), 5-6) Marciano v. Charles (two examples, 9/15/54), 7) Marciano v. Cockell (5/16/55, closed-circuit television full ticket from the State Theatre in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), 8-9) Patterson v. London (two examples, 5/1/59), 10) Patterson v. Johansson (6/25/59), 11) Patterson v. Liston (9/25/62, Liston wins the title), 12) Ali v. Patterson (11/22/65, "Official" pass, lists Ali as "Clay" even though he had changed his name earlier, comes with official envelope from the bout), 13) Frazier v. Mathis (3/4/68, Frazier wins title), 14) Ali v. Marciano (fictional fight, film viewing, 1/20/70 at the Cinerama Theatre in New York City), 15) Klitschko v. Johnson (12/6/03, full ticket), and 16) "7 World Championships" ticket (full ticket, 11/13/03, at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall, including Hopkins v. Joppy). 

Generic Tickets (17): 1) "All-Star Amateur Bouts" (9/8/27, at Coney Island Stadium), 2) "Golden Gloves Inter-City Tournament" (4/2/31, "Employee" pass, New York vs. Chicago at Chicago Stadium), 3) "5th Annual Golden Gloves Amateur Boxing Tournament" (3/9/32, "Employee" pass, at Chicago Stadium), 4) "6th Annual Golden Gloves Amateur Boxing Tournament" (3/29/33, "Official" pass, at Chicago Stadium), 5) "7th Annual Golden Gloves" (3/9/34, "Employee" pass, at Chicago Stadium), 6) "8th Annual Golden Gloves Amateur Boxing Tournament" (3/8/35, full ticket, at Chicago Stadium), 7) "Intercity Golden Gloves New York vs. Chicago (3/29/35, "Official" pass, at Chicago Stadium), 8-10) "All-Star Boxing Bouts" (1/28/38, three full examples), 11) "Reserved Ringside" ticket (11/1/38, feature a portrait of Jack Dempsey on front), 12) "Fourteenth Annual Golden Gloves Amateur Boxing Tournament" (2/24/41, "Contestant" full ticket, at Chicago Stadium), 13) "Sectional Golden Gloves" (1/28/46, "Official or Employee" pass), 14) "All-Star Boxing Show" (4/11/51, at Chicago Stadium), 15) "All-Star Boxing Show" (1/16/52, at Chicago Stadium), 16) "12th Annual All Star Professional Boxing Show" (3/31/55, at Chicago Coliseum), and 17) "11th Annual Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions" (March 2nd, no year listed, at Chicago Stadium). 

Foreign Tickets (3): Two Swedish "Proboxningarna" tickets featuring a portrait of Swedish Heavyweight Champion Olle Tandberg and his manager Seo Holmstedt on the front (4/25/47), and a Mexican full ticket for a bout between Magallo Lozado and Guero Papero (7/28/73).

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