Vintage Willie Pep Sandy Saddler Boxing AP Wirephoto B&W Press Photo 1940s

[Used]: Vintage black-and-white gelatin-silver AP wirephoto on paper showing light age and handling wear. Front image surface has mild gloss scuffing and faint handling marks visible in raking light, with slight edge and corner wear including a small crimp along the lower edge but no tears or paper losses. Reverse side exhibits light overall toning, scattered small smudges, a dealer rubber stamp for COLLECTOR'S CORNER and penciled inventory codes such as S-150-P, and the sheet remains flat and flexible.

Original vintage black-and-white gelatin-silver AP wirephoto on paper showing an in-ring boxing scene from a world featherweight title bout between Willie Pep and Sandy Saddler.

The dramatic image captures Pep in the foreground down on one knee and bracing himself on the canvas with gloved hands while Saddler stands behind him with gloves raised, with ring ropes and ringside photographers visible in the background.

The print is rendered in strong mid-century tonal contrasts on semi-gloss photo paper in a near-square format with narrow white borders, typical of 1940s press photographs.

On the reverse is a typed AP Wirephoto caption headed 'PEP GOES DOWN IN THIRD ROUND,' identifying Willie Pep of Hartford, Connecticut going to one knee in the third round of his championship bout with Sandy Saddler and noting it as the first time Pep had been knocked out in 176 previous fights, followed by an '(AP WIREPHOTO)' credit line.

The back also bears a collector or dealer rubber stamp reading 'COLLECTOR'S CORNER 6425 Amesworth Drive Cleveland, Ohio 44130' together with penciled inventory and price codes including 'S-150-P' in graphite.

This listing is for the single loose original press photograph shown, unmounted and unframed, ideal for boxing history, Willie Pep and Sandy Saddler, or mid-century sports photojournalism collections.

MSC186-30