Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2007.24.070

Description

As the referee counts, Bill Mathias lies on the canvas after getting knocked down in a boxing match in 1954. Mathias later that year fought Pat McMurtry, who went on to a successful pro boxing career and was ranked as high as the fifth heavyweight boxer in the world. McMurtry ended up with a 33-4-1 career record and had a chance of fighting heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson.

Made/Created

Date made

1954

Lexicon

Search Terms

Boxing, Professional/Semi-Pro

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mathias, Bill

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Pat