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Lot # 1016: 1930s-90s Boxing Program Archive - Marciano, Louis, Clay, Robinson (125+)

Starting Bid: $1,500.00

Bids: 6 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "2018 Invitational",
which ran from 7/15/2018 9:00 AM to
8/17/2018 10:00 PM



When you think of boxing greatness from the 1930s-90s you think of the all-time legends like Marciano, Louis, Ali, Baer and Sugar Ray Robinson. This collection of over 125 boxing programs contains all of them along with many of the biggest names in boxing history such as Rocky Graziano, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Floyd Patterson, Ezzard Charles, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Henry Armstrong, Sandy Saddler and more. The earliest program in this collection dates back to the 1939 bout between Henry Armstrong and Lou Ambers. A more complete and detailed breakdown of each program, by boxer, is shown here: 1) Rocky Marciano (5): 1952 v. Matthews, 1953 v. Walcott II, 1954 v. Charles I, 1955 v. Moore - last fight (2). 2) Sugar Ray Robinson (10): 1949 v. Belloise, 1951 v. Lamotta VI, 1951 v. Turpin I, 1951 v. Turpin II, 1952 v. Maxim, 1955 v. Olson III, 1957 v. Fullmer I, 1957 v. Basilio I, 1958 v. Basilio II, 1962 v. Moyer II. 3) Joe Louis (3): 1941 v. Nova, 1946 v. Conn I (signed by Conn), 1950 v. Charles. 4) Muhammad Ali (9): 1963 v. Cooper I, 1965 v. Liston II (black cover), 1967 v. Folley (cover removed), 1971 v. Frazier I, 1974 v. Foreman (closed circuit), 1976 v. Norton III (2), 1978 v. Spinks II, 1980 v. Holmes. 5) Joe Frazier (3): 1968 v. Bonavena II (signed by Frazier), 1970 v. Ellis I, 1973 v. Foreman I (signed by Frazier). 6) Rocky Graziano (2): 1946 v. Zale I, 1949 v. Fusari. 7) Max Baer (2): 1938 v. Farr II, 1940 v. Galento. 8) Floyd Patterson (5): 1951 Golden Gloves Finals, 1957 v. Jackson II, 1958 v. Harris, 1960 v. Johansson II, 1961 v. Johansson III. 9) Ezzard Charles (4): 1948 v. Baroudi (Baroudi Fatal), 1949 v. Walcott I, 1951 v. Maxim V, 1956 v. Richardson. 10) Emile Griffith (2): 1961 v. Paret I, 1967 v. Benvenuti II. 11) Sandy Saddler (2): 1950 v. Pep III, 1951 v. Pep IV. In addition, there are 40+ from 1940s-60s including International boxing with Brian London and Henry Cooper and roughly 40 from 1970s-90s with Tyson, Leonard, Holyfield, Holmes, Foreman and more. Newer programs are NM and older programs overall VG-EX with some NM and others having writing, minor creasing and/or minor paper loss to covers. Fantastic selection for any boxing collector.

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