Most Undervalued Boxing Card/Set

[oldmanvintagecards]

What is everybody's most underrated/undervalued boxing card/set? What card do you think is just a ticking time bomb waiting to explode in value? Obviously this is going to be a card that you have or want because part of the fun of collecting is playing the market: buying low and hopefully selling sky high! So what is everyone's choice for the boxing card or set that is going to explode in value and why?

My choice is a 1964 Simon Chocolates Cassius Clay in mid to high grade, if high grade even exists! I personally believe this is his true rookie card because it is the first card that nobody can make an argument for it not being a card, like the Hemmets and Rekord pictures haha. Besides it being his rookie, the Simon Clay is extremely rare and almost never comes up for sale. The ones that do make it to auction almost all have destroyed backs from being glued in to albums or if they weren't protected by the albums are almost all near destroyed. The highest graded copy is only a PSA 4 and there are only 6 total copies graded. I have been looking for any copies I can find and there just aren't many at all. I have one that should beat out the PSA 4 but will probably only grade out to a PSA 5 or 6 max. That is my card I think is going to explode in value once collectors realize how rare this Clay card is and how impossible it is to find in even mid grade. I have another lower cost card that I think could become fairly expensive if people ever find out about it. After looking for months for a copy of this card there are 2 auctions for it ending on Monday. I will.mention that card after I hopefully own a couple of them, for under $5 haha. They aren't boxing but they aren't big 4 sports cards either.

What's everyone else's? A lot of times extrely rare cards never rise in value because no one knows about them. Let's get people to know about your rare cards you think, or want, to rise in value!

[Exhibitman]

I could tell you but I'd have to kill you afterwards

There's lots to choose from...Whether it is rare overseas type cards or obscure prewar American regional issues. IMO you really can't go wrong with scarce cards of all-time greats of the sport in career-contemporary issues. I don't predict values but some of the cards I enjoy having are cards like these:







I figure if I enjoy them others will too and that will work to my advantage in the future if I ever decide to sell my collection. I'd say learn what you can and then trust your eye.

I also consider good photos to be a great deal right now.



In the future collectors are going to look back on the era of the great newspaper archive liquidations the way collectors who started in the last ten years look at the late 1970s for baseball cards.

[D. Bergin]

Love that Monzon card.

I've got both of those Ali Malaysia playing cards, but without that style of numbering on the front. That seems unusual from what I'm used to seeing with that issue, though I think there's tons of different variations on those.

[oldmanvintagecards]

Adam, I have a few of the Malaysian Ali cards. They are awesome cards. What year is the Dempsey Oh Boy Gum card?

[Exhibitman]

Late 20s.

[aaroncc]

Like the Schmeling photo. Monzon's red girdle looks kind of scary to me.