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Lot 293
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Lot Number: 293
Description: Joe Frazier's Leather Everlast Heavy Punching Bag. Perhaps the most well known object one envisions when imagining a gym designed for fighters in training is the heavy bag (heavy punching bag.) This is the bag used to simulate the opponent; it, along with the smaller "speed" bag, provides the target a fighter in training aims for. The heavy bag absorbs the blows. It is an essential element in the fighter's regimen. This bag must be considered one of the most important in boxing history. As Joe Frazier's heavy bag, it was the bag on which he trained prior to taking the world heavyweight crown from Jimmy Ellis. Indeed, it was the bag used to train for his many fights, and of course, it was the bag Smokin Joe used in training for his three landmark battles with Muhammad Ali. Following Joe's ring career, the bag had been removed to his home and covered in protective canvas. When preparations for this auction began, the canvas - which had begun to mildew - was removed to reveal the original surface. Remarkably, the original leather surface is in extremely fine condition. It sports the Everlast logo on its side and the stenciled number 4520 on its top. It is approximately 43" tall. Joe Frazier has autographed the Everlast logo in red ink.
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