Auction Date:2010 Jun 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Photocopied DS, signed in blue ballpoint “Muhammad Ali,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, September 8, 1970. An amendment to the proposed contract for the fight between Muhammad Ali and Jerry Quarry to be held in Atlanta on October 26, 1970. Amendment makes two minor corrections to the agreement which are: “The date of December 22, 1970…should read November 1, 1970,” and “The percentage of 40%…should read 45%.” After the corrections the agreement goes on to read: “Be assured that after said bout, Muhammad Ali will fight the next bout for you providing you match the terms and conditions of any bout for which he has a bonafide offer. Further, this gratuitous offer applies to your co-venturer, Sports Action Inc.…Please be further assured that it has always been the policy and practice of the Champion, Muhammad Ali, to reserve to himself the right to negotiate and contract for any and all ancillary rights.” Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Ali, as well as president of Sports Action, Inc., Michael Malitz. Document also bears a photocopied signature of Ali’s agent and attorney Chauncey Eskridge. In fine condition, with staple to top left.
This 1970 bout marked the triumphant return of Ali to the ring following his three-year exile from the sport. Having refused induction into the US Army in 1967, Ali was arrested, his boxing license in various states revoked, and his championship belt stripped. An appeal of his subsequent conviction, however, allowed the legendary pugilist to obtain a boxing license in Georgia, paving the way for his bout with Quarry. It was a non-title fight, and Joe Frazier had claimed Ali’s championship title in his absence, but as witnessed here, Ali was still “the Champion.” He proved it, too, after only three rounds, easily taking Quarry and re-establishing his reputation as “The Greatest.”
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