Tom Sayers Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Tom Sayers NPG 2465

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Angelo Francesco Bezzi

One of England's best-known boxers, who participated in the first international heavyweight championship. At just 5 feet 8 1/2 inches tall, he was known as the Little Wonder and the Napoleon of the Prize Ring. Often fighting much bigger opponents, he lost only one bout in his career. His most important victory was scored against Bill Perry (the Tipton Slasher) in 1857. For the international championship, Sayers fought John C. Heenan of the United States at Farnborough, Hampshire, in 1860. After forty-two rounds and... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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