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[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by G1911

Thank you for the knowledge share. I'm happy it looks legit, I figured it can't be worth that much as there aren't Dick Hyland fans anymore . If good-not-great T card subjects can be found this cheap though, I will have to pick up some more. I'm getting to the point where it's going to be months between card pickups as my wantlist shrinks, I can stop or add other items of the subjects to go alongside the cards.

I saw Hyland got some attention a couple years ago among the younger crowd for a colorized photo that was going around. It's so different from baseball, this level of talent, a guy who would make a few all-star games but never win an MVP or make the Hall, is completely forgotten in boxing quickly.

Good lord! Looks like Hyland on the right, but I can't quite place the fella on the left.

I don't know how much they embellished the blood in the colorization process, but they certainly had lots of bloodbaths back then, especially among the lighter weight fighters who often wore less padded horsehair gloves then the higher weight guys. They didn't hit as hard, but would corkscrew their punches and cut each other up pretty badly.

Ad Wolgast and Bat Nelson were in several of these types of bouts. Both against each other and others.