Detroit Boxing Cards
Description: A badge-style graphic with bold text. The top reads 'PROPERTY OF KRONK' in large, distressed maroon letters with a yellow outline. Below, 'RECREATIONAL CENTER'S BOXING PROGRAM' is written in smaller yellow text. A red, elongated hexagon shape contains 'DETROIT, MI' in white, with a yellow outline. A horizontal line separates this from 'SINCE 1970' in yellow text.
Kronk Recreational Center Boxing Program Detroit, MI Since 1970 Badge Card
by INSIDE STORE
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Description: Showcase your toughness with this gritty Detroit street fight boxing bulldog emblem. Featuring a fierce canine athlete wearing protective headgear and a spiked collar, this vintage style graphic is perfect for fans of martial arts and physical conditioning.
Detroit Street Fight Boxing Bulldog Emblem Card
by Starboyz Sports Supply
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Detroit Boxing Team (vintage distressed look) Card
by robotface
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Description: A hexagonal emblem with a black background and yellow border. In the center, the word 'KRONK' is in large red letters with yellow outlines. Below it reads 'RECREATIONAL CENTER'S BOXING PROGRAM'. A red banner with a yellow outline displays 'DETROIT, MI'. The text 'PROPERTY OF' is at the top, and 'SINCE 1970' is at the bottom.
Kronk Recreational Center's Boxing Program Detroit, MI Since 1970 Emblem Card
by INSIDE STORE
$5.00 $6.00
Joe Louis The Brown Bomber Champion Boxing Detroit Card
by OddityZoo
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Description: Hagler vs Hearns took place Monday, April 15th, 1985. Given the pair's renowned punching power and the way both men had won their respective fights coming into the bout, the matchup garnered significant media attention and fan interest around the world. It was held at the Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 15, 1985. In the United States and Puerto Rico, it was broadcast by HBO (in Puerto Rico, also by Wapa canal 4) with Barry Tompkins, Sugar Ray Leonard and Larry Merchant, while Curt Gowdy served as host. Al Michaels and Al Bernstein acted as commentators for the closed circuit television for Top Rank. In the UK the fight was shown on ITV with Reg Gutteridge and Donald Curry commentating.
Description: Hearns was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America in 1980 and 1984; the latter following his knockout of Roberto Durán. Hearns was known as a devastating puncher throughout his career, even at cruiserweight, despite having climbed up five weight classes. He is ranked number 18 on The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. He currently ranks #78 in BoxRec ranking of the greatest pound for pound boxers of all time. On June 10, 2012, Hearns was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Description: Hearns was born in Grand Junction, Tennessee, on October 18, 1958,[5] the youngest of three children in his mother's first marriage. With her second marriage, six children joined the first three. On her own, Mrs. Hearns raised Tommy and his siblings in Grand Junction until Tommy was five years old; then the family moved to Detroit, Michigan. Hearns had an amateur record of 155–8. In 1977, he won the National Amateur Athletic Union Light Welterweight Championship, defeating Bobby Joe Young of Steubenville, Ohio, in the finals. He also won the 1977 National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Championship.
