Original photograph of featherweight boxer Chalky Wright, circa 1940s

by Albert Chalky Wright, subject

$125 · Offered by Royal Books

N.p. N.p., Circa 1940s. Vintage photograph of African-American featherweight boxer Albert Chalky Wright, circa 1940s. Bottom margin notes the name of Wright's manager, Eddie Walker, and the name of the President Hotel in New York.Wright dethroned reigning world featherweight champion Joey Archibald on September 11, 1941, and held the title until November of the following year, when he lost to Willie Pep.4 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

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