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1890's-1900's Barbados Joe Walcott Fight Tickets

Currency:USD Category:Sports - Cards & Fan Shop Start Price:625.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD
1890's-1900's Barbados Joe Walcott Fight Tickets
<B>1890's-1900's Barbados Joe Walcott Fight Tickets Lot Of 3.</B></I> A three ticket lot featuring Barbados Joe Walcott, the great African-American Welterweight Champion of the late nineteenth, early twentieth century. First is a full, unused ticket to his fight with Mysterious Billy Smith on May 4, 1900 in New York which he won by twenty-five round decision. Second is a stubless ticket to the same fight. Both are in excellent condition. Lastly is a quite rare full, unused ticket to his fight with Dick O'Brien on August 28, 1895 in which he stopped O'Brien in the very first round. The ticket is full with some soiling and edge and corner wear. Overall VG condition. A seldom seen group of early fight tickets from one of the most significant fighters of the era. <I>LOA from Craig Hamilton / JO Sports.</B></I>
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