جانی ریگان در سن. لوئیس

جانی ریگان یک مبارز مهم در سنت. صحنه بوکس لوئیس در دهه اول قرن بیستم. اصالتا اهل بروکلین است, ریگان به St. لوئیس زیر نظر جک مک کنا تمرین خواهد کرد. مک کنا عملیات خود را در خارج از St. لوئیس, جایی که مبارز او در درجه اول در St. لوئیس’ باشگاه وست اند. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time of his move to St. لوئیس.

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.

Reagan left the group but stayed in St. لوئیس. Reagan would fight several professional bouts with Abe Attell in St. لوئیس. Reagan also fought Abe’s younger brother, Monte, a more natural bantamweight in St. لوئیس.

While most of the fighters left St. Louis for California by 1910, Reagan remained in the city. Still fighting in 1911 در 31 سال سن, 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.

در تاریخ دسامبر 14, 1911, Reagan went to Alexian Brothers Hospital on St. لوئیس’ 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 around 1:10 p.m. at Alexian Brothers. He was only 31 years-old. The خیابان. لوئیس پست دیسپچ said Reagan’s body would be sent back to Brooklyn, where his wife still lived.

امروز, 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: خیابان. لوئیس پست دیسپچ, ژانویه 11, 1912 edition, P. 17 and January 12, 1912 edition, P. 16

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