Boxing Shoes worn by Boxer and Referee Barney Felix
name: label: user
content: Felix, Barney J.
label: Associated Name
content: Ali, Muhammad
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pair of black leather, lace up boxing shoes worn by the donor, Barney Felix. According to the donor, these shoes were worn by Felix while a boxer and then as a referee for the A.A.U., the Boy's Athletic League, the Golden Gloves, the Intercollegiate Association, and as a professional referee by the New York State Boxing Commission in 1934. Felix was the referee for the Liston - Clay (Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali) world's heavyweight championship in which he awarded the title to Clay.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Boxing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Barney J. Felix
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0137.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0137
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0137.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shoes, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: boxing shoes, pair of
label: Object Name
content: shoes, boxing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 4 in x 11 1/2 in; 22.225 cm x 10.16 cm x 29.21 cm