Cards Of Your Favorite Boxer

[G1911]

I only have a lower grade, non stamped version but this Exhibit pose is my favorite of the Louis cards. His Churchmen, Ringside and Ehxibits all being very plentiful is nice. Most of the champion old heavyweights still have career contemporary cards that fit within any collector budget. Louis, in my book, is probably the greatest of the gloved heavyweights before heavyweights became 7 foot tall Eastern Europeans or jacked up muscle men.

[Tripp Trapp]

“The Little Hebrew” Abe Attell. A native of San Francisco where I was also born and brought up.

“We were Jews living in an Irish neighborhood. You can guess the rest. I used to fight four, five, TEN times a day.”

[GasHouseGang]

I always thought this was a great item from Sullivan's career. Not mine, but I kept a scan from an auction many years ago.

[GasHouseGang]

There must be some one else with a favorite boxer they collect. Where are all the Ali collectors; or Mike Tyson?

[G1911]

Not much to show for my pick, but here's some more John L since not many other guys from the era I have stuff from have been selected. 2 common cabinets and the tough T229. Even the easier Pet backs like this one are pretty hard. Shame these weren't produced in the quantity of the Obak's. The cabinet in the middle of the photo is one my favored Sullivan cabinets even though it's common and the image isn't special, because the back has a fight record and accounting of his bouts that takes up the entire size of the back.

[Writehooks]

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 ...

[Writehooks]

Along with Luther McCarty, my all-time favorite fighter is Canadian heavyweight contender George Chuvalo, who was ranked in the world's top ten for 12 consecutive years (1964-76) and is the only man to face Ali (twice), Frazier and Foreman. Chuvalo headlined at MSG nine times, and my collection of 40 of his onsite posters includes the bouts with Pat McMurtry, Floyd Patterson (1965's Fight of the Year), Oscar Bonavena, Jerry Quarry, George Foreman and Manuel Ramos. I also have the ulta-rare pennant from his 1966 title fight with Ali at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, onsite programs from 44 of his 93 fights, tickets and press passes from 27, and 10 signed contracts which George gifted to me when we collaborated on his 2013 autobiography: "Chuvalo: A Fighter's Life", published by Harper-Collins ...