Johnny Reagan morre en St. Louis

Johnny Reagan foi un loitador importante no St. Louis escena de boxeo durante a primeira década do século XX. Orixinario de Brooklyn, Reagan trasladouse a St. Louis para adestrar con Jack McKenna. McKenna baseou a súa operación en St. Louis, onde o seu loitador loitou principalmente en St. Louis’ Club do West End. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time of his move to St. Louis.

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. Louis. Reagan would fight several professional bouts with Abe Attell in St. Louis. Reagan also fought Abe’s younger brother, Monte, a more natural bantamweight in St. Louis.

While most of the fighters left St. Louis for California by 1910, Reagan remained in the city. Still fighting in 1911 en 31 anos de idade, 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.

En decembro de 14, 1911, Reagan went to Alexian Brothers Hospital on St. Louis’ 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. O St. Louis Post-Dispatch said Reagan’s body would be sent back to Brooklyn, where his wife still lived.

Hoxe, 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: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Xaneiro 11, 1912 edition, p. 17 and January 12, 1912 edition, p. 16

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