Object Record
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Metadata
Accession Number |
2016.13.00 |
Catalog Number |
2016.13.03a-b |
Object Name |
Glove, Boxing |
Collection |
Sadam Ali |
Date |
2008 |
Description |
ab) pair of Grant Worldwide handmade leather boxing gloves used and signed by Sadam Ali such that (a) is the right glove and (b) is the left. The fronts of each are white and blue with laces down the center, while the backs are bright red and bear the manufacturer's logo, a black cartoon figure throwing a punch, in black. The wrists feature the manufacturer's name "GRANT" in prominent black letters. At the age of eight, Yemeni American Sadam Ali was inspired to start boxing by Yemeni British boxer "Prince" Naseem Hamed. When he was 17, Ali won the featherweight division of the 2006 National Golden Gloves Championship and a year later won the lightweight division. He represented Team USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. As a professional in the welterweight division, Ali remained undefeated for the first six years of his career. |
Artist |
Grant Worldwide |
Title |
Pair of Boxing Gloves |
People |
Ali, Sadam |
Subjects |
Autographs Boxers (Sports) Boxing Sport clothes Sporting goods Sports |
Lexicon category |
9: Recreational Artifacts |