SUPER RARE 1897 WORLD CHAMPION SOLLY SMITH boxing pinback button GEORGE DIXON

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Offered here is a
SUPER SUPER RARE
EXCELLENT CONDITION
WORLD'S FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION
1897
SOLLY SMITH
PIN ISSUED 1897-1900
World Featherweight Championship
The crowning moment of Smith's career came on October 4, 1897, when he defeated George Dixon in a rematch bout to capture the World Featherweight title, thus ending the Canadian champion's six-year reign.
The San Francisco Call
wrote of Smith's performance: "Instead of swinging wild and recklessly, as he was wont to do in his early fighting days, he gauged his distance and timed his blows like a polished veteran. His quick ducking under the left arm of his opponent to avoid a jaw warmer was a revelation to his admirers, who repeatedly cheered him when he escaped the hot shots aimed at the jaw point by Professor Dixon
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