nice centered card welcome to the board! Hope to see more cards and talk about the sport , not a lot do

Thanks! I am a huge boxing fan and love boxing history. The cards for me are really just an extension of that.

Ditto. That was how I got into it.

Nice to have new boxing blood in here. The 51s are a classic set choice. I am still kicking myself for acquiring then selling off a partial set of signed Ringsides some years ago. I bought the lot to get at the Ray Miller but I really wish I'd kept the rest too. It had most of the possible (living at time of issue) signers. If you're a Ringside fan maybe these will be of interest:

Salesman sample w/Marciano RC:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...Sample%201.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...Sample%202.jpg

Contracts for the set signed by Ruby Goldstein, Barney Ross (Topps watermark is in the scan, not the contract), Ray Miller:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...20Contract.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...oss%201uto.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...t%20Miller.jpg

Those contracts are amazing. $1!

I picked the 51 set by accident. I think I had watched a couple old fight films of Jimmy Carter, the lightweight champion from the early 1950s, and decided to look him up on EBay and found the Topps Ringside card, which I promptly ordered. I also ordered a copy of your book, which has been a major help as well.

I like using the cards as a way to track my education of the history of the sport. I learned a lot about baseball as a kid through card collecting, and so the boxing cards are a way of carrying that forward.

Good god that Salesman Sample is GORGEOUS.

Wow Adam! That is terrific. Thanks for sharing.

Definitely one of my favorite pieces. I think 1951 Ringside is the nicest looking sample Topps ever made.

Thanks to JeremyW for finding this one... Chickering cabinet of James J. Corbett

Beautiful cabinet. Even the back is great!

A Couple of Giants
 

Arrived in today's mail, Andre the Giant by Boyd Pierce X 2. Puts me over 100 different. Anyone have any for sale or trade? Especially looking for DICK THE BRUISER. PM me.