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Ticket for boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston
- Issued by
- Intercontinental Promotions Inc., American
- Printed by
- National Ticket Company, American, founded 1907
- Subject of
- Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016
- Liston, Sonny, American, 1928 - 1970
- Date
- 1965
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (5.7 × 13.3 cm)
- Caption
- The fight, known as "Ali vs. Liston II" (the pair boxed previously in 1964 in Miami Beach, Florida), was Ali's first after changing his name from Cassius Clay.
- Description
- A blue ticket with black type for a Heavyweight Boxing Match for the Championship of the World between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965 in St. Dominic's Arena in Lewiston, Maine. The ticket has images of both Ali and Liston on the front. The back of the ticket has the name of the and location of the National Ticket Company with a union bug for the Typographical Union #7 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
- Place depicted
- Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- admission tickets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.120.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions