Lot # 233: 1975 Malaysia "Menko" Muhammad Ali "Large Numbers" Collection (13)

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Item was in Auction "2016 Ringside Auction",
which ran from 11/4/2016 4:00 AM to
11/18/2016 7:07 AM



When Ali decided to fight in Asia (Rudi Lubbers and Joe Bugner in Malaysia and Joe Frazier in Manila) it touched off a wave of card issues in the region. A gigantic series of menko-style cards were issued in Malaysia around the time of the Bugner bout. They are found in two or three formats; the third may be Japanese menko. We are pleased to offer a variety of cards from each known format. This is a more interesting issue than the small numbers set. It depicts not merely one media day with Ali but action scenes from various Ali fights. We have identified opponents Joe Bugner from their first fight in Las Vegas and George Foreman from the Zaire bout in which Ali recaptured the title. This group contains 1 card of Ali and Foreman fighting in Zaire four cards of Bugner training one card of Ali training and 8 cards of Ali and Bugner boxing. Backs are brown playing cards.

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