December 2013 Auction Ends Tuesday, December 17th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/17/2013
Pair of boxing gloves personally owned, used and signed three times by boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Everlast gloves are each signed in red ink, "Muhammad Ali", with the left glove additionally signed upon the interior of the cuff. Gloves are model number 21086. Wear from use, else near fine. Provenance details the donation of the gloves following the notorious Ali versus Chuck Wepner fight to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who auctioned them that year in Chicago to benefit the Special Olympics. A June 30 2012 catalog description of these signed gloves states: "…At the charity auction it was announced that these gloves were used in training in 1974 for either the second Frazier fight or the 'Rumble in the Jungle' (George Foreman)…"
Muhammad Ali Signed Boxing Gloves From Either the Ali/Wepner Fight or "Rumble in the Jungle" -- Previously Auctioned in a Special Olympics Benefit
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