2008 Sport Kings Gum James Braddock, "The Cinderella Man." He had a granite chin and a brutal right hand, his win over Max Baer in June of 1935 for the world heavyweight title is one of the biggest upsets in sports history, hence the nickname. This is my favorite James Braddock card, beautiful artwork.
Famous ESPN boxing writer Dan Rafael actually owns a PSA 9 of the 1936 Mitchell & Son James Braddock , he's a big collector of boxing cards and memorabilia.
This is also one of my favorite James Braddock cards, 2009 Topps Heritage Heroes of Sport, I've been looking for the Platinum variation numbered to /25 copies for a while now with no luck. This is the base version, it also has a Gold variation numbered to /199.
I guess I'll go with "Panama" Al Brown next, one of the greatest bantamweights in the history of this sport. At 5"11' he was one of the tallest bantams ever, tall, lanky, long reach, a 76-inch reach, and the guy could crack. He was a legitimate nightmare to fight. This is his 1937 Globo Chewing Gum card.
The rarest boxing card set on this planet, every card in this set has only one known copy in existence, that's how rare this set is. The 1938 American Sweets Knockout Bubble Gum, this is the Panama Al Brown card from that set.
This is a Panama Al Brown card you rarely see, a Yugoslavia issued card, 1957 Stozer Sport Kroz Vekove. It's honestly one of my favorite cards of his, the image of him on this card is quite intimidating, and make no mistake about it, if you were a bantam during his era and you looked across the ring and saw his 5"11' frame with a wingspan like a Wandering Albatross, you couldn't help but feel intimidated. I don't know what photo of Al Brown they used to create this card, I wish I did. The way his face looks on the card, maybe one of these two.
This is a book about Panama Al Brown entitled "Black Ink", awesome cover design with the silhouette of Brown. This is the photo of Brown that was used for the silhouette on the cover. It's a well known fact that he was homosexual, didn't matter, many, many straight men stepped up to him and got brutally taken out. It's a shame that there are homophobic people in this world, mostly right-wing idiots, that seem to think straight people are superior to everyone else.
Tony Canzoneri, three-division world champion, two-time lightweight world champion in the 1930s, a certified all-time great. He has quite a few awesome cards, rare cards, but unfortunately I can't find scans of them, and even if I could find scans of them I can't find the photos that were used for the images on the cards. It's frustrating but it is what is. But I did manage to find the photo that was used for his 1948 Leaf Gum card. It's odd that Leaf tilted the image for some reason, but it's the right image of Canzoneri.
But I did manage to find the photo of Tony Canzoneri that was used for his 1938 American Sweets Knockout Bubble Gum card, his rarest card, so I'm stoked about that.
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Man, this thread is banging, time for a music break, a classic from the 90s should suffice.
2008 Sport Kings Gum James Braddock, "The Cinderella Man." He had a granite chin and a brutal right hand, his win over Max Baer in June of 1935 for the world heavyweight title is one of the biggest upsets in sports history, hence the nickname. This is my favorite James Braddock card, beautiful artwork.
This is a legendary card, the 1936 Mitchell & Son, very expensive in high grade.
Famous ESPN boxing writer Dan Rafael actually owns a PSA 9 of the 1936 Mitchell & Son James Braddock , he's a big collector of boxing cards and memorabilia.
1937 Globo Chewing Gum James Braddock.
1937 Ogden's James Braddock.
It's fascinating, Dan Rafael also owns the only PSA 10 of the 1937 Ogden's James Braddock. The guy has one hell of a collection.
This is considered James Braddock's official rookie card, the 1935 J.A. Pattreiouex.
This is also one of my favorite James Braddock cards, 2009 Topps Heritage Heroes of Sport, I've been looking for the Platinum variation numbered to /25 copies for a while now with no luck. This is the base version, it also has a Gold variation numbered to /199.
This is the Gold variation of the 2009 Topps Heritage James Braddock card.
I guess I'll go with "Panama" Al Brown next, one of the greatest bantamweights in the history of this sport. At 5"11' he was one of the tallest bantams ever, tall, lanky, long reach, a 76-inch reach, and the guy could crack. He was a legitimate nightmare to fight. This is his 1937 Globo Chewing Gum card.
The rarest boxing card set on this planet, every card in this set has only one known copy in existence, that's how rare this set is. The 1938 American Sweets Knockout Bubble Gum, this is the Panama Al Brown card from that set.
This is a Panama Al Brown card you rarely see, a Yugoslavia issued card, 1957 Stozer Sport Kroz Vekove. It's honestly one of my favorite cards of his, the image of him on this card is quite intimidating, and make no mistake about it, if you were a bantam during his era and you looked across the ring and saw his 5"11' frame with a wingspan like a Wandering Albatross, you couldn't help but feel intimidated. I don't know what photo of Al Brown they used to create this card, I wish I did. The way his face looks on the card, maybe one of these two.
This is a book about Panama Al Brown entitled "Black Ink", awesome cover design with the silhouette of Brown. This is the photo of Brown that was used for the silhouette on the cover. It's a well known fact that he was homosexual, didn't matter, many, many straight men stepped up to him and got brutally taken out. It's a shame that there are homophobic people in this world, mostly right-wing idiots, that seem to think straight people are superior to everyone else.
Tony Canzoneri, three-division world champion, two-time lightweight world champion in the 1930s, a certified all-time great. He has quite a few awesome cards, rare cards, but unfortunately I can't find scans of them, and even if I could find scans of them I can't find the photos that were used for the images on the cards. It's frustrating but it is what is. But I did manage to find the photo that was used for his 1948 Leaf Gum card. It's odd that Leaf tilted the image for some reason, but it's the right image of Canzoneri.
But I did manage to find the photo of Tony Canzoneri that was used for his 1938 American Sweets Knockout Bubble Gum card, his rarest card, so I'm stoked about that.