Attell bảo vệ chống lại Reagan

Trong lần đầu tiên tranh đai vô địch quyền anh hạng Featherweight thế giới, Abe Attell có trụ sở ở St.. Louis, Missouri. Bên cạnh việc có trại của mình ở St.. Louis, Attell đã bảo vệ danh hiệu của mình nhiều lần tại St.. Louis’ Câu lạc bộ điền kinh West End. Vào thời điểm đó, St. Louis là thành phố lớn nhất phía tây sông Mississippi ở Hoa Kỳ.

Born Abraham Washington Attell on February 22, 1883, 20-year-old Attell was considered the World Featherweight Champion even though the title had been vacated by Young Corbett the previous year. Attell was matched with Johnny Reagan for a 20-round bout on Thursday, Tháng Chín 3, 1903. The winner would be the undisputed champion.

Former heavyweight champion James J. Corbett was one of the newspaper contributors covering the match. His account of the bout was carried in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Tháng Chín 4, 1903 edition.

Both men entered the ring under the 122-pound limit. Tuy nhiên, Attell was the much bigger man. Johnny Reagan would have most of his success in the lighter, bantamweight division with a 118 pound weight limit.

Corbett was extremely impressed by Reagan’s defensive abilities. He said Reagan was very hard to hit even for a clever boxer like Attell. Tuy nhiên, his admiration ended there.

The bout was probably rather dull to watch. For most of the contest, Atell rushed at Reagan with blows, which would have knocked Reagan out if they landed. Tuy nhiên, few ever landed. By the end of the fight, Attell was so tired, he could barely pursue Reagan.

Reagan was uninjured but had landed very little offense during the entire fight. Knowing that the bigger Attell could knock him out, if he caught him, Reagan stayed far out of the striking range. He landed a few light punches but nothing to damage Attell or impress the judges for that matter.

At the end of the 20 uneventful rounds, the judges gave Attell a unanimous decision. None of the ringside pundits disagreed. All observers gave the fight to Attell for his relentless pressure.

Abe Attell continued to fight out of St. Louis until he was suspended for fight fixing trong 1904. He moved back to the West Coast, where he finished his career as one of the top featherweights of all time.

Johnny Reagan had much more success as a bantamweight. He also used St. Louis as his home base and remained there until his untimely death at 35 years of age in January 1912.

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Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tháng Chín 4, 1903 edition, p. 9

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