Mar 24, 2022 - Sale 2598

Sale 2598 - Lot 372

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(SPORTS--BOXING.) Press photograph of Jack Johnson landing a punch against Jess Willard in 1915. Photograph, 7 1/2 x 6 inches, with International News Photos inked stamp and pencil captions on verso; cropped, minimal wear. Havana, Cuba, 5 April 1915

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Johnson appears to be holding his own here, but this is actually the fight where he lost his hard-won world heavyweight championship at the age of 37.