A pair of boxing gloves said to be worn by Sylvester Stallone in the original "Rocky" movie have just been pulled from a high profile Hollywood auction -- all because Sly himself is calling BS on the authenticity of the items. 
The gloves were set to hit the auction block next month during an event organized by Profiles In History -- a pretty well-known memorabilia dealer.
But once Stallone got wind of the event -- his lawyer, legal pit bull Marty Singer, fired off a cease and desist letter to PIH stating, "Be advised that these items are not 'Sylvester Stallone's boxing gloves from the first Rocky' and they are not authentic."
Stallone threatened to sue if the items weren't 86'd from the auction ASAP.
PIH obliged -- and says it is "withdrawing the items pending further research." Though a rep tells us the company is VERY confident the gloves are legit.
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I don't see how anyone could believe anything is "authentic" at these auctions. Too much lying going on.
*** Because Marty Singer says they're not authentic they're not. Marty is a god in Los Angeles. (Love ya, Marty!) ***
at first i thought why is TMZ making a big deal over Kobe say ***ot then i thought ooo yea Harvey is gay thats why no jk hey Harvey how about some Jesse James stories i guess it pays to be friends with TMZ they won't post anything abt if your the boss friend well thats sad you chase kids around taking away their privacy but leave the A HOLE of america to just cheat and do as he please with out any paps from tmz chasing him or stories abt him but yet you hound Tiger Woods hmmm
PLEASE stop calling that Shyster Marty Singer a "Legal Pit Bull" - I own several very nice pit bulls that they take great offense at being compaired to this cheap ambulance chaser!
What the hell is POH? You referred to "Profiles in History" That's PIH. GOD you people are STUPID!
Why does TMZ post old news copied from another site? I read Dan Benton's article about this over at the prop blog long before TMZ ran this . Old news is no news.
at first i thought why is TMZ making a big deal over Kobe say ***ot then i thought ooo yea Harvey is gay thats why no jk hey Harvey how about some Jesse James stories i guess it pays to be friends with TMZ they won't post anything abt if your the boss friend well thats sad you chase kids around taking away their privacy but leave the A HOLE of america to just cheat and do as he please with out any paps from tmz chasing him or stories abt him but yet you hound Tiger Woods hmmm
Kobe was an ass before he said this and he will continue to be an ass after.
Stallone, you did a good thing by confirming that hey aren't authintic.
pair of boxing gloves not should be auctions.It is relic of boldest boxer.Skinny Fiber
moviepropcollectors .com has a good article up about this with an update and a letter nobody else has put up. Pretty interesting.
