539
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(SPORTS—BOXING.) JOHNSON, JACK.
Champion of the World, Jack
Johnson.
Black and white poster, 20
1
⁄
4
x 16 inches.
Np: Brandt & Scheible, 1909
[800/1,200]
Classic poster for Jack Johnson, showing him in a boxing pose. In the background two oval
vignettes, the log cabin where he was brought up and Johnson behind the wheel of a car.
540
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(SPORTS—BOXING.) JOHNSON, JACK.
Silver print photograph of the
champion.
4
1
⁄
4
x 3
1
⁄
4
inches, sepia tone.
Np, circa 1915
[400/600]
A fine image of the champion wearing the championship belt and buckle in a more or less
informal setting in what seems to be someone’s back yard.
539
540
538
538
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(SPORTS—BOXING.) ALI,
MUHAMMAD.
Muhammad Ali vs Joe
Frazier, Heavyweight Championship
of the World.
Felt banner, 12 x 29
inches, tapering to a fine tip.
Np (1971)
[500/750]
The so-called “Fight of the century” took place
at New York’s Madison Square Garden on
March 8th 1971. The fight might have disap-
pointed given the expectations and the fact that
it had been hyped up to the “max” as they
say. The fight itself exceeded even its promo-
tional hype and went the full 15-round
championship distance. Ali dominated the first
three rounds, but in the end, Frazier dealt Ali
his first professional loss.
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