Lot 307: Boxing News Magazine Vol 36 No 52 December 26 1980 Maurice Hope Cover

This Boxing Magazine is an issue of Boxing News dated December 26, 1980, identified as Vol. 36, No. 52, from its 71st year of publication. The front cover displays a monochrome photograph of WBC light-middleweight champion Maurice Hope with a trophy, under the headline MO’S OUR MAN OF THE YEAR. Internal features noted on the cover include Fights of the year, Fighters of the year, and Amateur review of year. The publication is constructed from newsprint with a red and white masthead and an original retail price of 35p.