Lost Teams print
Michigan Assassin Print, Vintage Boxing Poster, Retro United States Wall Art, Black and White Print
About the print
— THE STORY —
Stanley Ketchel fought as if every round were the last, and life took him at his word. Middleweight champion very young, the Michigan Assassin was fury in its pure state: in 1909 he dared to challenge Jack Johnson, the heavyweight champion, and even managed to put him on the canvas, before being switched off by a single blow. He lived fast, among brawls, freight trains and hunger for everything, the son of Polish immigrants raised as a drifter. In 1910, at twenty-four, he was shot dead with a rifle on a Missouri ranch, over a trivial quarrel. Boxing lost its most violent and briefest flame. Some champions burn slowly; he exploded.
Print details
- Premium Matte paper, 200 gsm
- Europe: A3 (297 × 420 mm) — fits standard European frames
- US: 12 × 18 in (30.5 × 45.7 cm) — fits standard US frames
Shipping / frame info
- Printed and shipped from within your region
- FRAME NOT INCLUDED
There is a moment almost all of us lived through, and almost nobody photographed: an older person telling you about a match you never saw. Lost Teams tells the stories of teams and champions who no longer exist, and what they left behind.
Every print begins with a true fact: a number that looks like a misprint and is not.
Hang it. One day someone will ask you what it is, and you will know where to begin.