Getting Down, "Fight Doctor", and "Ali"-original boxing prints.
Dr. Ferdie Pacheco (1927-2017) was one of Miami's most celebrated and eclectic personalities- born in Tampa, son of a pharmacist, he was drawn to medicine from an early age, and was acutely aware of the complex and colorful world of Florida's melting pot culture. Decades later, he became the personal physician and cornerman to Muhammad Ali, earning him the nickname "The Fight Doctor"- until Pacheco urged Ali to retire, fearing for the toll that fighting injuries had done. Years later, Ali would confess to him- "you were right". Pacheco's career spanned 50 years, during which he offered medical care to the impoverished of Overtown, Miami, effortlessly translated Spanish boxing matches and offering color commentary for NBC, was a published author, and of course, painted. Today, Pacheco is remembered as one of Miami's most unique and color lithographers, with influences as far flung as Norman Rockwell to Diego Rivera, and as ever, a keen, loving, and often wry eye for the curious sopa de vida that is South Florida. "Getting Down", 1978, is signed and numbered 98/500, on matte coated denim paper; "Fight Doctor", self portrait, signed and numbered 280/500, on uncoated linen paper; Pacheco's famous "Ali" print, 1979, on matte, cast coated. Incudes original certificate of authenticity and sale document for "Ali".

Artist: Ferdie Pacheco
Issued: 1978, 1979
Dimensions: 20"L X 16"D
Edition Number: 98, 280 Edition Size: 500, 500
Country of Origin: United States

Good- 1 bend and flyspeck on Ali margins; Fight Doctor has 2 smudges, edge wear, small tear in mask line. Getting Down very good.