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Sports Online (#17OL) 12/06/2016 11:30 AM ACDT - 12/16/2016 3:30 PM ACDT Closed

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Lot 39YOUNG GRIFFO, 2 ounce boxing gloves worn by "Griffo" (Albert Griffiths) when he met "Torpedo" (Billy Murphy) in a bout for the World Featherweight Championship in Sydney on 22nd July 1891. These gloves were owned by W.McFayden of Sydney, and sold on behlf of 'Boys Town' Memorial Hospital during a radio broadcast on 2UE Sydney in 1943. {Young Griffo (1871-1927) was Australia's first world boxing champion}.

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Lot closed - Price Realized:$500

Sports Online (#17OL) 12/06/2016 11:30 AM ACDT - 12/16/2016 3:30 PM ACDT Closed

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  • YOUNG GRIFFO, 2 ounce boxing gloves worn by "Griffo" (Albert Griffiths) when he met "Torpedo" (Billy Murphy) in a bout for the World Featherweight Championship in Sydney on 22nd July 1891. These gloves were owned by W.McFayden of Sydney, and sold on behlf
  • YOUNG GRIFFO, 2 ounce boxing gloves worn by "Griffo" (Albert Griffiths) when he met "Torpedo" (Billy Murphy) in a bout for the World Featherweight Championship in Sydney on 22nd July 1891. These gloves were owned by W.McFayden of Sydney, and sold on behlf - 2
  • YOUNG GRIFFO, 2 ounce boxing gloves worn by "Griffo" (Albert Griffiths) when he met "Torpedo" (Billy Murphy) in a bout for the World Featherweight Championship in Sydney on 22nd July 1891. These gloves were owned by W.McFayden of Sydney, and sold on behlf - 3
  • YOUNG GRIFFO, 2 ounce boxing gloves worn by "Griffo" (Albert Griffiths) when he met "Torpedo" (Billy Murphy) in a bout for the World Featherweight Championship in Sydney on 22nd July 1891. These gloves were owned by W.McFayden of Sydney, and sold on behlf - 4
  • YOUNG GRIFFO, 2 ounce boxing gloves worn by "Griffo" (Albert Griffiths) when he met "Torpedo" (Billy Murphy) in a bout for the World Featherweight Championship in Sydney on 22nd July 1891. These gloves were owned by W.McFayden of Sydney, and sold on behlf - 5
  • YOUNG GRIFFO, 2 ounce boxing gloves worn by "Griffo" (Albert Griffiths) when he met "Torpedo" (Billy Murphy) in a bout for the World Featherweight Championship in Sydney on 22nd July 1891. These gloves were owned by W.McFayden of Sydney, and sold on behlf - 6