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Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, Hais rau hnub tim 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis ib ncig 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 1878. Tom qab
Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 1893, newspapers across the country carried the story of a proposed match between current world light heavyweight boxing champion Jack McAuliffe and Saint Louis boxing instructor Mike Mooney. Although the match would seem odd because Mooney was such a lightly regarded challenger, the lure of $2500 a side is probably what brought the champion to the table. Adjusted
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
Rau hnub Saturday, Tim 9, 2022, the Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invited me to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. The book covers the robbery, the investigation, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis nroog yog nkuaj. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 xyoo, pulled off
Tom qab thaj tsam 9 fights ib xyoos li yav tag los 7 xyoo, Ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing tau zus ib Stanley “Tus neeg tua neeg Michigan” Ketchel nyob sab lim. Ketchel muab ib so ntawm Missouri ranch ntawm nws cov phooj ywg R Vws. P. Dickerson nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev los tsam lub cav muab nws lub zog thiab tej yam txaus siab rau cov. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Abe Attell yog ib cov tawv boxer. Nws yeej lawm ntiaj teb Championship Featherweight Boxing ob zaug. Nws thiab nws cov kwv Monte tau cov thawj cov kwv tij kom ntiaj teb boxing champions tib lub sij hawm tom qab Monte yeej lub qab ntuj Bantamweight Championship. Abe Attell yeej nws cov npe thawj zaug thaum nws nyob raws hauv West End Boxing qws hauv St. Louis, MO.
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. Nyob rau hauv 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. Thaum lub sij hawm, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Frank Gotch muab cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Tom Jenkins rau hlis ntuj nqeg 1903. Gotch los rau nram qab no mus no triumph nrog ib match rau ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm George Hackenschmidt. Gotch xav tau “Hack” rau cov me nyuam. Louis thaum lub 1904 World's Fair. Hmoov tsis txog Gotch thiab me nyuam. Louis, ntais ntawv yuav tsis muaj kom txog thaum 1908 nyob Chicago,
St. Louis, at the beginning of the 20th Century, had a prominent professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, although born in San Francisco, was based in St. Louis. Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 1, 1904, Attell defended his World Featherweight Boxing Championship against frequent rival Harry Forbes. Forbes was also a regular on the St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the