Luther McCarty won the inaugural World White Heavyweight Championship by stopping Al Palzer in 18 rounds at San Francisco on New Year's Day, 1913. Four months later, one minute and forty-five seconds into his first title defense against Arthur Pelkey in Calgary, McCarty died in the ring. I've been collecting McCarty photos and ephemera for 20 years. As far as I know, the Romeo y Julieta Cuban issue is his only card ...
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