This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/5/2013
Offered is a collection of 701 magazines featuring boxing from several different publications ranging from the 1920’s to 1990’s. The lot features 21 Self Defense Magazines from 27-29 with legends such as Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney featured and 12 Arena magazines from 1929-31 featuring Young Corbett. Publications include Inside Sports, World Boxing, The Knockout, Ringside, Boxing News, Sport, International Boxing Digest, Boxiana Review, Self Defense, The Arena and Ebony.
Highlights Include: 1927 Issue of Self Defense featuring Jack Dempsey, July 1928 Self Defense magazine featuring the Tunney-Heeney fight and ‘Tiger’ Jack Payne on the cover, April 1931 The Arena magazine featuring Young Corbett, 1952 Boxing Yearbook featuring Sugar Ray Robinson knocking out Randy Turpin on the cover, July 1956 issue of Boxing and Wrestling featuring Rocky Marciano on the cover, July 3, 1959 Issue of Boxing News featuring the headline Patterson Pulverised as Ingemar Johansson tops Floyd Patterson for World Heavyweight Title, winter 1963 Inside Boxing featuring Sonny Liston on the cover, 1969 Ebony magazine featuring Muhammad Ali, his wife and newborn on the cover, 1969 International Boxing featuring Jack Dempsey on the cover, 1972 World Boxing featuring Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson, 1974 Boxing Yearbook featuring the Fabulous Career of Muhammad Ali on the cover, 1977 World Boxing featuring Ali vs. Ken Norton as the fight of the year, 1979 TV Guide featuring Muhammad Ali on the cover, 1980 Boxing Digest featuring Sugar Ray Leonard on the cover, 1988 Boxing featuring Mike Tyson on the cover, 1996 World Boxing Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr. on the cover and September 1999 Boxing digest featuring Tyson, Holyfield Lewis, Grant Ibeabuch, Klitschko on the cover. Magazine condition ranges from G-VG to NM. (E0647)