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Old 10-21-2023, 11:52 AM
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This mailer was intended to be hung on doorknobs of newsstands to solicit sales of a newspaper special on the fight. Someone saved this circular all these years...

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From the same fight. This is an entirely illegal betting slip. There was no State of New York Betting Commissioners. Great art for a bookie's device. I've been collecting others too, from other sports and other fights. Here are a pair of 1959 betting slips for football and basketball:


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