Troubled British boxer who took the middleweight title from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1951 (then lost it two months later in a rematch). Turpin committed suicide in 1966 after first shooting his two-year-old daughter to death. Ballpoint signature, “Best wishes, yours in sport, Randy Turpin, 1951,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 postal card affixed to a same sized sheet. In very good condition, with faint postal cancellations at upper portion, scattered light soiling and adhesive remnants, and light creasing from mounting. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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