July 2007 Lelands - Gaynor > Sports > Boxing
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Lot 57: Benny Paret Boxing Killed in Ring Wire Photos (14)
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In march of 1962, Cuban welter weight boxer, Benny Parent, sustained
a brain injury in the ring that would eventually kill him. This
collection of (14) front captioned wire photos have images of fight
action from his run as welterweight champ in 1960, to his funeral in
1962 and beyond to 1963, a year after his death, when reporters
visited Parent's widow and child after another young boxer was killed
in the ring. Sized from 7x9" to 8x10", All are at least VG (mostly
due to editing marks) with many NM/MT.
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