Ticket to a championship boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Ticket to the World Heavyweight Championship boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston. The ticket is light red in color with red and black text. The text appears both horizontally and vertically on the ticket. At center left is a black-and-white picture of Sonny Liston. At center right is a black-and-white picture of Floyd Patterson. The text at center begins “15 ROUNDS / WORLD’S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP…”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 22, 1963
• Printed by: Globe Ticket Company, American, founded 1868
• Subject of: Floyd Patterson, American, 1935 - 2006
• Subject of: Sonny Liston, American, 1928 - 1970
• Subject of: Championship Sports, Inc., American
• Subject of: Las Vegas Convention Center, American, founded 1959
• Subject of: Alfred J. Bolan, American
• Subject of: Mel Greb, American, 1921 - 1996
• Subject of: Jack Doyle, Irish, 1913 - 1978
• Type: tickets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/2 x 6 in. (6.4 x 15.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Boxing
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2013.219.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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