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Boxer 'Billy the Billboard' Pays the Bills With Tattoo Sponsorships

By Joe PeacockJul 7th 2010 – 8:33AM
Courtesy of Billy Gibby

Courtesy of Billy Gibby

(July 7) -- I'm an avid collector and appreciator of tattoos, so I tend to run into news that revolves around that culture quite often. That's how I came to know about Billy Gibby -- also known as Billy the Human Billboard -- an amateur boxer out of Alaska who is living his dream of being a fighter and paying the bills by...

Background on tattoo advertising

A human billboard is someone who applies an advertisement on his or her person. Most commonly, this means holding or wearing a sign of some sort, but also may include wearing advertising as clothing or in extreme cases, having advertising tattooed on the body.

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