1890 Mayo's Cut Plug N310 - Denver Ed Smith

Description: 1890 Mayo's Cut Plug N310 - Denver Ed Smith - SGC Authentic On the Boxer - Ed Corcoran, who fought under the ring name Denver Ed Smith around the 1890s, was a boxer from the United Kingdom who became notable during the bare-knuckle era transitioning into the Queensberry rules period. While records from that era are often sparse, some key details are available. Smith was active in a competitive period of boxing history when fighters often went by aliases. He was known to fight in various weight classes, often ranging around the middleweight division. Smith was part of a boxing scene that included the likes of champions such as Bob Fitzsimmons and Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey, who set the tone in the late 1800s. Fighters like Smith participated in a circuit that was less regulated, often involving matches in saloons, gambling halls, or open fields. The documentation from his career is limited, and it is unclear how many fights he participated in or what his record might have been. Smith died around 1932. On the 1890 N310 Mayo's Cut Plug Prizefighters set - Released around 1890, the N310 Mayo Cut Plug Prizefighters set has its place among the earliest forms of collectible sports cards. Predating the famous N300 baseball cards of the same era, the N310 boxing cards have white borders and blank backs. The 1895 N300 Mayo baseball set had black borders and black backs. The N310 cards feature the top boxers of the era. While no title is given to them on the cards, they were dubbed the Prizefighters set by Jefferson Burdick in the American Card Catalog. Issued by P.H. Mayo & Brother, Richmond, Virginia, the cards featured distinctive black-and-white photographs of prominent boxers of the time, set against a simple, unadorned background. Each card measured approximately 1 5/8” by 2 5/8”. There are 35 boxers presented in the N310 set.

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Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas

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