1968 ORIGINAL CARTOON DRAWING, BLACK AFRICAN NIGERIAN AMERICAN BOXER, DICK TIGER

Description

Here is a great original 10 by 15 cartoon drawing by Ed Igoe for the New York Knickerbocker Newspaper on May 19th, 1968.
This was just before Black American Nigerian Born Light Heavy Weight Champion, Dick Tiger loses his title to Bob Foster.
Included is the original newspaper showing illustration.
Wikipedia has the following on this Boxing Hall of Famer:
Dick Tiger
(born
Richard Ihetu
; August 14, 1929 – December 14, 1971) was a
Nigerian
-born
professional boxer
who held the World Middleweight and World Light Heavyweight Championships.
[1]
Tiger emigrated to
Liverpool
, England to pursue his boxing career and later to the
United States
. Tiger was
Igbo
and served as a
Lieutenant
in the
Biafran
army during the
Nigerian Civil War
, primarily training soldiers in hand to hand combat.
[2]
Tiger was inducted into the
International Boxing Hall of Fame
in 1991.
The Ring
magazine
named him
Fighter of the Year
in 1962 and 1965, while the
Boxing Writers Association of America
(BWAA) named him
Fighter of the Year
in 1962 and 1966. In 2002, Tiger was voted by
The Ring
magazine as the 31st greatest fighter of the last 80 years.
[3]
I would guess this to be around the 1960's.
Approx dimensions are 10 by 15
Condition is fairly good see noted conditions above, if any.
packaged and shipped U S mail anywhere in the U.S with insurance included, . Combine shipping always
.