Lot 263: Boxing News Magazine, Vol. 36, No. 5, 1 February 1980

An issue of Boxing News magazine, Volume 36, Number 5, dated 1 February 1980. The newsprint cover features a monochrome close-up photograph of WBC light-middleweight champion Maurice Hope. The primary headline reads MO’S ANGUISH, with accompanying text regarding an eye injury and its impact on the boxer’s career. Other headlines include EXCLUSIVE Classen: British Boxing Board admit: we’ve learned our lesson and a notice of seven pages of amateur news. The publication is marked as being in its 71st year and was originally priced at 30p.