وفاة جوني ريغان في سانت. لويس
كان جوني ريغان مقاتلاً مهماً في حرب سانت لويس. مشهد الملاكمة في سانت لويس خلال العقد الأول من القرن العشرين. في الأصل من بروكلين, انتقل ريغان إلى سانت. لويس يتدرب تحت قيادة جاك ماكينا. أسس ماكينا عمليته خارج مدينة سانت لويس. لويس, حيث قاتل مقاتله في المقام الأول في سانت. لويس’ نادي ويست إند. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time of his move to St. لويس.
One of McKenna’s other top fighters was future World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Reagan and Attell started out as friends and training partners. A heated dispute in the training room one day resulted in a ferocious brawl. McKenna heard the ruckus and ran in to find both men beaten and exhausted.
Johnny Regan and Abe Attell from the September 3, 1903 طبعة من سانت. لويس بوست ديسباتش (المجال العام)
Reagan left the group but stayed in St. لويس. Reagan would fight several professional bouts with Abe Attell in St. لويس. Reagan also fought Abe’s younger brother, Monte, a more natural bantamweight in St. لويس.
While most of the fighters left St. Louis for California by 1910, Reagan remained in the city. Still fighting in 1911 في 31 سنوات من العمر, Reagan was on the downside of his career. At the time of his death, he was looking for local business opportunities to move into after his retirement from the ring.
ديسمبر 14, 1911, Reagan went to Alexian Brothers Hospital on St. لويس’ South Side. A major hospital at the time, Reagan reported difficulty breathing. Doctors discovered Reagan had pneumonia in his right lung.
Reagan continued to decline over the following month. He passed away on January 11, 1912 حول 1:10 مساءا. at Alexian Brothers. He was only 31 years-old. ال الحادي و. لويس بوست ديسباتش said Reagan’s body would be sent back to Brooklyn, where his wife still lived.
اليوم, Reagan would probably have recovered but medical science was not as advanced as it is today. Pneumonia was a life-threatening illness no matter your age or condition.
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Sources: الحادي و. لويس بوست ديسباتش, يناير 11, 1912 edition, p. 17 and January 12, 1912 edition, p. 16
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