1890 Mayo Cut Plug Prizefighters Set and Checklist (N310)
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | Mayo Cut Plug Prizefighters |
Year | 1890 |
Size | 1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ |
Images | Sepia |
Type | 19th Century Tobacco |
Number in Set |
35 |
1890 Mayo Cut Plug Prizefighters Set Overview
Printed in 1890, the Mayo Prizefighters set is one of the most sought after boxing issues of the 19th Century.
The cards feature the top boxers of the era. While no title is given to them on the cards, they were dubbed the Prizefighters set by Jefferson Burdick in the American Card Catalog as he cataloged them as N310.
The cards are distinctive with excellent imagery and the Mayo’s Cut Plug logo and advertisement in the lower border. Backs of the cards were blank. These are different from the popular 1895 N300 Mayo set released five years later as those cards had all black borders and black backs. The layout and design are similar but the boxing cards have white borders/backs instead of black ones.
One notable feature of this set is that, while there are 35 cards in the set, there are actually 70 different cards with variations. That is because each card has a variation with the boxer’s name both at the top and at the bottom. All cards are unnumbered.
1890 Mayo Cut Plug Prizefighters Set Checklist
- Bobby Burns
- Jim Carney
- Joe Choynski (misspelled Chonskia)
- James Corbett
- Dan Creeden
- Jim Daley
- Jimmy Dime
- George Dixon
- Billy Edwards
- Bob Fitszimmons
- Austin Gibbons
- George Godfrey
- Joe Goss
- Johnny Griffen
- Young Griffo
- Jim Hall
- Peter Jackson
- Jake Kilrain
- George Lavigne
- Mike Leonard
- Peter Maher
- Jack McAuliffe
- Danny McBride
- Charlie Mitchell
- Billy Myers
- Steve O’Donnell
- Billy Plimmer
- Tommy Ryan
- Frank Slavin
- Billy Smith
- Ed Smith
- Solly Smith
- John Sullivan
- J. Van Heest
- Joe Walcott
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