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Posted By: D. Bergin

A few years ago I picked up a c. 1890 Boxing Program at an Antique Paper Show. I found it buried under a bunch of other paper stuff on the table.

It looked like a standard generic Athletic Club program, nothing too fancy. It also had a ticket stub stapled to it.

I picked it up for 50 bucks figuring it was still a pretty neat old program.

When I looked at it closer I noticed the name J. Walcott in it. I figured it couldn't be who I thought it was but when I got home to do the research I found out it was the very same "Barbados" Joe Walcott (one of the very early black World Champions) I was hoping it was. It was an Athletic Club tournament in Massachusetts and it listed his 3 and 4th recorded fights.

I ended up flipping it to another dealer for $1600, which was a good price for him.

Sometimes I wish I kept it. I never saw that program before and I've never seen another one since.