Ticket for World Heavyweight Championship fight of Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay

Distributed by

Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1963

Subject of

Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016

Liston, Sonny, American, 1928 - 1970

Printed by

Globe Ticket Company, American, founded 1868

Date

Feburary 25, 1964

On View

Community/Third Floor, 3 052

Exhibition

Sports: Leveling the Playing Field

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 2 1/2 x 6 in. (6.4 x 15.2 cm)

Description

Green narrow ticket for the World Heavyweight Championship of Sonny Liston versus Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali). Ticket is divided two thirds of the way from the left by a large rectangle box featuring two (2) black and white portraits of the boxers. There are seven (7) punched holes throughout the ticket. Five (5) of the punched holes are cross shaped while the other two (2) are crown shaped. Most of the ticket is in black ink with the seat section, number, and ticket price in red ink. On the back of the ticket is a legal statement about the ticket stating that the ticket is good only for the date listed with no refunds available.

Place used

Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Type

admission tickets

Topic

Athletes

Boxing

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2012.173.2.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56e20af3a-4474-4bae-bf46-c41599dfc1d3