Conference school::sports_memorabilia

328.0. "KAYO trading cards" by FRAGLE::GUTIERREZ (Who's on 1st.. What's on 2nd..) Fri Oct 18 1991 11:24

	OK guys, it's time for KAYO.  In case anyone doesn't know,
	Kayo is the name of the company that put out a set of 250
	boxing cards, and the box shows a cangaroo with boxing
	trunk and gloves.

	The cards are of premium stock, like the Upper Deck cards,
	the pictures on the front are OK, in color, with action
	photos, as well as still photos.  The backs show a second
	smaller photo of the person in question, with a history
	record of his career.  

	There are also black and white pictures of the older fighters
	like Rocky Marciano, Jack La Motta, Joe Luis, etc.  This new
	entry says Round One, so you can assume there will a Round
	Two, specially when you find out that all the fighters are
	not represented in this 250 card set.  I don't recall seeing
	a card for Mike Tyson, so I assume his card will show up in
	Round Two.

	I bought a box for $24 at a card show, and was short of about
	20 cards for a complete set, so I am not too happy about that.
	I also found some inconsistencies in the numbering system, the
	numbers are very small inside a red circle.  I found 2 cards with
	different pictures that had the same number on the back.  After
	careful investigation, I was able to determine that one of them
	was supposed to be a different number, the other one I could
	not find anywhere in the checklists.

	There are Holograms (hooray... hooray... I love them) in this set.
	I found 2 of them, one is for Muhammad Ali, and the other one is
	for The Battle of the Ages (Foreman vs. Holyfield). I don't know
	if there are more Holograms than those two.

	If anyone has these cards, and want to complete the set, let's
	get in touch, and we may be able to help each other.

    KAYO was supposed to have a 50 card set for the MILL (major indoor
    lacrosse league). 2 weeks after ordering I got a letter saying they
    would not be having these cards after all. No explanations given.
    
    
    bill