Marvin Hart former heavyweight World champion 1905 to 1906 one of a kind commemorative montage accompanied with facsimile ULTRA RARE autograph, a display comprising of black & white boxing pose photo's a full fight bio and a unique decorative action shot etching brass plaque.

Marvin Hart is reputed to be one of the rarest autographs ever to obtain there is only 6 known to exist within the boxing collectors archives.

Magnificently displayed and mounted in this one of a kind STUNNING presentation measuring 25" x 21".

Condition mint

Price: £ SOLD

Marvin Hart -The Early Years!

Marvin Hart (September 16, 1876 – September 17, 1931) was the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion from July 3, 1905 to February 23, 1906.

Career
Marvin Hart, nicknamed "The Louisville Plumber" because of his former trade, gained considerable prominence after a 1905 win over future champion Jack Johnson. That year, the heavyweight title was left vacant as a result of the retirement of champion James J. Jeffries and Hart's record earned him a chance to fight for the championship against top-ranked Jack Root (1876–1963), a much more experienced boxer, who had already beaten Hart in November, 1902.

Jefferies, the retiring champ, refereed the championship fight on July 3, 1905 in Reno, Nevada. Hart knocked out Jack Root in the 12th round to win the vacant championship. After one successful exhibition match, Hart lost his championship to Canadian Tommy Burns on February 23, 1906 in Los Angeles, California.

After his death in 1931 (the day after his 55th birthday) Marvin Hart was interred in the Resthaven Memorial Park, in Louisville, Kentucky.