Boxing Legends?

Just looking for help to identify some of the signatures on this pair of boxing trunks.. The trunks were signed during an event on March 11 1996 - sponsored by the Lonsdale Sporting Club in New York... I can spot Joe Frazier and Floyd Patterson and Leroy Neiman but stumped on mostly all the others... Any help is appreciated! (I'm relatively new to posting on this great website...) Thanks! Tom

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Permalink Reply by Sidney Fields on September 13, 2014 at 3:36pm

Hey Tom:

First of all, I don't think you have Joe Frazier there. That appears to be the signature of his son, Marvis (a decent heavyweight but not in dad's league whose only losses were first round stoppages by Larry Holmes and Mike Tyson).

The other autographs I recognize are:

Jose Torres, Davey Jones, Joey Giradello, Carlos Ortiz, and Joey and Jimmy Archer.

But those are most of the easy ones.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Barrett on September 22, 2014 at 9:19am

Sidney! Thanks for the reply and leads! I really appreciate the info and help!

Tom

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Permalink Reply by AC on September 14, 2014 at 1:29am

Tom Joe frazier is there it's under the one that looks like bobby something

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Permalink Reply by Tom Barrett on September 22, 2014 at 9:20am

Thanks AC - based on other Smoking Joe signatures, I thought the same thing!

Tom

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Permalink Reply by Sidney Fields on September 22, 2014 at 9:27am

You're right.

So busy looking at the Marvis that I missed the Joe.

Thanks for the correction.

And...I see now the signature just above and to the left of Joe Frazier is Emile Griffith. And the one just above that is Gil Clancy.

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Permalink Reply by Terry G. on December 12, 2014 at 12:50pm

The "bobby" looks like Bobby Bartels to me. (Fought in the 50/60s out of NYC). The one on the extreme right looks like Vinnie something, two most famous Vinnie boxers were Vinnie Pazienda and Vinnie Curto, doesn't look like either of their sigs (Pazienda signs "Vinnie Paz" alot). I agree that second from the top (right) is Marvis Frazier, he has very distictive first name sig. I also think the sig that is right above Emile Griffith is Gil Clancy, a famous manager/trainer.

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Permalink Reply by Sidney Fields on December 12, 2014 at 2:23pm

Yes...the "Bobby" below Carlos Ortiz's signature may well be Bobby Bartels, a welterweight from New York in the late 50's through mid 60's. He fought Jimmy Archer.