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He began his career in germany prior to world war ii but achieved prominence as a staff photographer for life magazine after moving to the u. Print of a black and white portrait of salo flohr 6 x 4 12 from around 1959 with a white graph sheet 11 14 x 8 with autograph signature of the grand master. Autographs, pennants, yearbooks, programs, tickets, bats, games, publications and more. In 1941 nikola tesla invited to lunch with him in new york a famous croatianamerican boxer fritzie zivich, known under the pseudonym the croat comet as well as his brothers, who were also boxers, after his successful defense of the world title in welterweight category. Karla duarte, holding a colorful poster signed by the nursing staff, was. He was capable of beating topnotchers and of losing to nobodies.
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Fritzie zivic 191984 born on may 8, 19, ferdinand henry john zivcich became known to the world as fritzie zivic, the croat comet. Lamotta continued his winning streak by beating such contenders as fritzie zivic, jose basora, bob satterfield, tony janiro, george kochan, tommy bell, bert lytell and holman williams until he fought billy fox on november 14, 1947, and was knocked out in four rounds. View fritzie saintoirys profile for company associations, background information, and partnerships. Im reading a book called the greatest boxing stories ever told. Small fulllength bw photo of allen as flyweight champion of the world, signed with his best wishes. Welterweight champion after beating henry armstrong. Apr 23, 2020 alfred eisenstaedt december 6, 1898 august 23, 1995 was a germanborn american photographer and photojournalist. Fritzie zivic signed 11 x 14 photo boxing autographed.
The bronx bull beat a long list of terrific fighters, including one of the greatest of all middleweights, ray robinson. Fritzie zivic 191984 lawrenceville historical society. Shop for jack dempsey related autographs, signed photographs, historical documents and manuscripts from the worlds largest collection. Search our database of over 100 million company and executive profiles. Zivic was a busy and talented man with his fists and a very popular fighter. Zivic felt he could cut lamotta up, and believed using the smaller gloves would increase his chances. Life featured more than 90 of his pictures on its covers, and more than 2,500 of his photo stories were published. Fritzie zivic signed 11 x 14 doubleweight paper stock photo, adding worlds welterweight champion, dated 1941. Jack dempsey autographed inscribed photograph item 82827. The following year he knocked out hammerin henry in twelve rounds, one of two kos inflicted upon the ring great in his hall of fame career.
He lost his title, just nine months after winning it, to the undistinguished freddy red cochrane. Zivic barely survived the ordeal, and most thought he wouldnt return to the ring. The ring ranked lamotta 52nd on its list of the 80 best fighters of the last 80 years and another article rated him as the fifth greatest middleweight in history. Rare 1941 full boxing ticket fritzie zivic vs al bummy davis sugar ray robinson no.
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