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Boxing Greats

Published May 11, 2019 Updated June 21, 2022

Boxing Greats published by KickarseCards, a compilation of boxing icons in history.

2019 United Kingdom Sports
Boxing Greats published by KickarseCards, 2019

Boxing Greats playing cards, a compilation of boxing icons in history that really pack a punch, published by KickarseCards, 2019, with custom illustrations of some of the greatest boxers from the last century against a silver-grey background. Inspiration came from the super fights that took place in 2017 and the rebirth of interest in the sport that came with it. The names of the boxers are given on the Key Card

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Boxing Greats published by KickarseCards, 2019 Boxing Greats published by KickarseCards, 2019

Above: Boxing Greats playing cards published by KickarseCards, 2019. 52 cards + 2 jokers + 2 additional information cards in box. Printed in the UK by Ivory, limited edition of 900 decks.

Reviewed by Jane Wintle and Emilio Ranz.

Boxing Greats published by KickarseCards, 2019
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By Simon Wintle

Member since February 01, 1996

Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.


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