1962 November - Boxing Illustrated & Wrestling News - Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay - 1st BI Ali Cover Appearance (VG/EX) 1st Mainstream Magazine Solo Cover Appearance
Item Description
This is the first Boxing Illustrated magazine featuring Muhammad Ali on the cover, and likely one of, if not the earliest major sporting publication featuring him in a solo pose on the cover.
Boxing Illustrated & Wrestling News
Date - November 1962 Vol. 4 No. 11
Interior articles, subjects and pictures include:
Billy Conn - inside cover pin-up
Ray Thunder (wrestler) - inside back cover pin-up
Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano - 2 page full-centerfold pin-up
Muhammad Ali profile
Gene Fullmer vs. Dick Tiger preview
Skeeter McClure profile
Kenny Lane profile
Willie Pastrano profile
Jim Jeffries and Frank Gotch picture page
Jimmy Britt profile
"Hate In My Heart" by Randolph Turpin
Wrestling At The Chase - The Khorassan Room in St. Louis, MO - featuring: Charles W. Pian, Jay Edson, Bob Ellis, Duke Keomuka, Johnny Valentine, Rip Collins
Karen Kellogg wrestling profile
Lord Layton wrestling profile
and much more
Size - About 72 pages including covers
Condition - About VG/EX condition. Some general cover wear as shown. Interiors are clean and binding is tight.
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