Vintage pearl-finish 6 x 9.25 photo of the 'Phantom of Philly' in a full-length boxing pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to the founder and publisher of Ring magazine, "To my dear friend, Nat Fleischer, God bless you is my constant wish, Tommy Loughran.” In very good to fine condition, with closely trimmed edges, and minor surface loss to the left edge.
Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Loughran as the #7 ranked light heavyweight of all time, while The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer placed him at #4. Loughran was named the Ring Magazine's Fighter of the Year twice, first in 1929 and again 1931, and he was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1956 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.
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