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Boxing. 'Gorilla jones'. World's Middleweight Champion. Ready to defend his title against any middleweight boxer in the world. Under the management of Suey Welch, Akron, Ohio. Promotional poster, 19x 25. 75inches, large lithographic reproduction from

Boxing. 'Gorilla jones'. World's Middleweight Champion. Ready to defend his title against any middleweight boxer in the world. Under the management of Suey Welch, Akron, Ohio. Promotional poster, 19x 25. 75inches, large lithographic reproduction from a drawing by Teddy Burnett, in dark blue, in center, surrounded by text in red and blue; triple line border with solid blue triangular corners; cloth-backed; minor tears. Akron, Ohio, circa 1932 E350-500 bones was a champion whose career flourished in the 1930s. From the various inset blurbs: "Always a colorful scrapper, Gorilia'fones has won more than half of his fights by knockouts.' 'With only two exceptions, 'Gorilla' has had every opponent on the floor including Jackie Fields, present world's welterweight champ. "

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