First world championship boxing match: Heenan vs. Sayers...
Item # 172360
May 05, 1860
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 5, 1860 The prime feature of this issue would have to be the great doublepage centerfold print captioned: "Bloody, Brutal, and Blackguard Prize-Fight In England, Between Heenan and Sayers, On April 17, 1860" which shows hundreds of spectators.
This historic boxing match is considered the very first world boxing championship. It is a terrific boxing print (see). Page 2 has a related article titled: "The Brutal Prize-Fight" and takes close to half of the page reporting the details of the match.
Among other prints in this issue are a front page: "The Sick Women In Bellevue Hospital, New York, Overrun by Rats" with a related article. Also: "Sleeping Room of the North Western Delegation, Hibernian Hall, Charleston" and "Meeting of the Rejected Wood Delegation..." and a full page with prints of: "Hon. John Minor Botts, of Virginia" "Hon. Erastus Brooks, of New York" "St. Andrew's Hall, Charleston" "Hibernian Hall..." and "Yates Hall...".
Complete in 16 pages.
This historic boxing match is considered the very first world boxing championship. It is a terrific boxing print (see). Page 2 has a related article titled: "The Brutal Prize-Fight" and takes close to half of the page reporting the details of the match.
Among other prints in this issue are a front page: "The Sick Women In Bellevue Hospital, New York, Overrun by Rats" with a related article. Also: "Sleeping Room of the North Western Delegation, Hibernian Hall, Charleston" and "Meeting of the Rejected Wood Delegation..." and a full page with prints of: "Hon. John Minor Botts, of Virginia" "Hon. Erastus Brooks, of New York" "St. Andrew's Hall, Charleston" "Hibernian Hall..." and "Yates Hall...".
Complete in 16 pages.
Category: 1857-1860
