Pair of full ringside fight tickets issued for both of Muhammad Ali's bouts with Joe Bugner. Each ticket has been encapsulated by PSA and certified as "Authentic." These tickets have been culled from the #1 Ranked Muhammad Ali Ticket Collection
on the PSA Registry, which is being offered as a "set break" in our
Spring Classic 2022 auction. Listed on the PSA Registry as "Muhammad Ali
On-Site Ticket Collection," the collection is 74.60% complete with a
Weighted GPA of 11.56. 1) Full ticket (3.5x1.5") from the heavyweight bout between Muhammad Ali and Joe Bugner held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 14, 1973. This is one of only three examples of this particular full ticket listed in the PSA Population Report, only one of which has received a numerical grade. Ali defeated Bugner by unanimous decision in their twelve-round bout. The ticket displays a few light-to-moderate creases and is in Good to Very Good condition. 2) Full ticket (gray variation; 7.5x4") from the World Heavyweight Championship bout between champion Muhammad Ali and Joe Bugner, held at Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 1, 1975. Foreign tickets for Ali championship fights, especially full examples,
are rare and this example is no exception. This is one of only two examples of this particular full ticket (gray variation) listed in the PSA Population Report, both of which are certified as "Authentic." In this rematch, Ali once again bested Bugner by unanimous decision, only this time it was in fifteen rounds. The ticket displays a circular Malaysian stamp on the front and is otherwise in Very Good to Excellent condition, with a small border nick.