Lot 260: Boxing News Magazine Volume 36 Number 2 January 11 1980

A vintage boxing magazine titled Boxing News, dated 11 January 1980 (Vol. 36, No. 2). This publication, described in trade contexts as the world’s premier fight weekly, is printed on newsprint and features a red-bordered cover. The central black-and-white photograph depicts British middleweight champion Kevin Finnegan with raised arms, wearing a championship belt. Printed text on the cover includes the masthead Boxing News, the headline WE NAME THE TOP TEN FIGHTS OF THE YEAR, and a feature caption YOU CAN TAKE HIM KEVIN! relating to his upcoming bout with Gratien Tonna. The issue is marked with a cover price of 30p.