Jimmy Bivins Autographs
James Louis Bivins, (December 6, 1919 – July 4, 2012) was an American boxer whose professional career ran from 1940 to 1955. He was born in Dry Branch, Georgia. Although he was never given the opportunity to fight for a world title, despite at one point being the number one contender in both the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, Bivins fought and defeated many of the great fighters of his era and won the "Duration" Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight titles. In recognition of his achievements in the ring - among other things, he defeated eight of the eleven world champions he faced - Bivins was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999. He was also the one-time husband of Dollree Mapp, the subject of prominent Supreme Court case regarding the rights of search and seizures.
Although he was born in Georgia, Bivins fought out of Cleveland, Ohio for the entirety of his career. He made his professional debut on January 15, 1940, winning by knockout in the first round, and went on to win his first nineteen fights, all fought in 1940, before losing a split decision to Anton Christoforidis, whom he had previously beaten. Bivins won his first four fights of 1941, including contests with Teddy Yarosz and Curtis Sheppard, but lost three of his other four contests that year, which included a points loss to Melio Bettina. He began 1942 with wins against Billy Soose and Gus Lesnevich and a split-decision loss to Bob Pastor. After this loss, Bivins had a twenty-seven fight undefeated streak that lasted for four years; it was during this period that Bivins established himself as one of the great heavyweights of his era - a remarkable achievement given that, at 5' 9", he was often significantly smaller than his opponents.
Bivins first fight after losing to Pastor was a split-decision win against Joey Maxim, a fellow Cleveland fighter who went on to become a member of the hall of fame. Bivins fought four more contests in 1942, including a rematch with Bob Pastor and a bout with Lee Savold, and won them all. He began 1943 with a remarkable win against Ezzard Charles, in which he recorded seven knockdowns against the future heavyweight world champion. On February 23, 1943 he defeated Anton Christoforidis on points for the duration light heavyweight title - as all the world titles had been frozen for the duration of World War II, this was the closest he ever came to holding a world title. In the three years after this fight Bivins went on to defeat Tami Mauriello, Pat Valentino, Lloyd Marshall, Melio Bettina, Curtis Sheppard and Archie Moore, whom he knocked-down six times en route to a knockout victory. Bivins served with the United States Army from March, 1944 until his honorable discharge in November of the same year - during 1944 he fought only one professional fight, a points victory over Lee Q. Murray.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Bivins (Vintage AP Wire Old Boxing Photo Autographed Jimmy Bivins) was sold in June 2024 for $39.00 while the cheapest item (Jimmy Bivins signed 8x10 photo (HOF)) found a new owner for $0.99 in May 2012. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2012 with an average selling price of $11.84 for an autographed item of Jimmy Bivins. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2024 with $39.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was May 2012. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Bivins is worth $11.74.
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Autographed 8x10 Boxing Photo Jimmy Bivins Deceased | $17.99 |  |
| Autographed Boxing Photo: Jimmy Bivins | $9.95 | |
| HOF Boxer Jimmy Bivins Autograph Signed 3x5 Index Card d12 | $7.99 | |
| Jimmy Bivins (deceased) signed 8 x 10 photo | $9.95 | |
| JIMMY BIVINS 2013 Leaf LEGENDS of the RING CUT SIGNATURE 5/13 HOF Died 2012 SSP | $21.50 | |
| Jimmy Bivins 8x10 AUTO Signature....COA...HOF...Hand Signed Picture (Drawing) | $7.16 | |
| Jimmy Bivins Boxer Signed Index Card AUTO SGC AUTHENTIC Deceased 2012 | $3.25 | |
| JIMMY BIVINS HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CONTENDER AUTOGRAPHED 3 X 5 INDEX CARD | $16.00 | |
| Jimmy Bivins Heavyweight Boxing Contender Autographed Article | $20.00 | |
| Jimmy Bivins Signed Autograph FDC Cover Cachet Boxing IBHOF d.2012 | $3.00 | |
| Jimmy Bivins Signed Candid Photo / Boxing Autographed IN PERSON | $9.99 | |
| Jimmy Bivins Top Ranking Heavyweight Contender Autographed 3 x 5 Index Card | $14.00 | |
| Vintage AP Wire Old Boxing Photo Autographed Jimmy Bivins | $39.00 | |
| Vintage Autographed index card lot. Tunny Hunsaker, Lamar Clark, Jimmy Bivins + | $15.50 | |
| Vintage Boxing Autographed Photo - Jimmy Bivins | $28.99 | |
