The Veteran Boxer - 18-Star Issue - Floyd Patterson on cover
Item Description
THE VETERAN BOXER 18 STAR ISSUE - Winter Issue 1956-57
Edited by Harry Pegg
One of those rare boxing publications most boxing historians try to get their hands on because of the tremendous and obscure coverage and photos of boxers and events from the past. Also printed on glossy type paper making it much more attractive then "The Ring" and other boxing publications of that era.
Cover Subject: Carmen Basilio & Tony DeMarco
Back cover subject(s): Nick Spano, George Russell, Danny McCabe, Al Reilly, Jimmy Smith, Tommy Kluth, Willie Ferguson, Johnny Downey, Al Monohan, Benny Kauffman
Interior coverage includes:
Willie Jones “The Brooklyn Whirlwind”
“Indian” Johnny Rivers
Jack Dempsey vs. Tommy Gibbons
Champions of Yesteryears by Johnny Brannigan - Abe Attell
Frank Klaus vs. Georges Carpentier
Ernie Caesar
Tuffy Griffiths, Paulino Uzcudun and Kid Francis
Jimmy Bidwell
Arnold Thompson
Lifting the "Unliftable" Johnny Coulon - Mrs. Al Egan and William Billy Cepak
Scraps about Scraps and Scrappers by Lou Jaffe
and much more
CONDITION - About VG condition with general handling wear. Some minor markings on front cover.
SIZE - About 36 pages.
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