جانی ریگن سینٹ میں انتقال کر گئے. لوئس

جانی ریگن سینٹ لوئس میں ایک اہم لڑاکا تھا۔. 20ویں صدی کی پہلی دہائی کے دوران لوئس باکسنگ کا منظر. اصل میں بروکلین سے, ریگن سینٹ میں چلا گیا۔. لوئس جیک میک کینا کے تحت تربیت حاصل کریں گے۔. میک کیننا نے اپنے آپریشن کی بنیاد سینٹ. لوئس, جہاں اس کا لڑاکا بنیادی طور پر سینٹ میں لڑا تھا۔. لوئس’ ویسٹ اینڈ کلب. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time of his move to St. لوئس.

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.

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Johnny Regan and Abe Attell from the September 3, 1903 سینٹ کے ایڈیشن. لوئیس پوسٹ ڈسپیچ (پبلک ڈومین)

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

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

دسمبر 14, 1911, Reagan went to Alexian Brothers Hospital on St. لوئس’ 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 کے ارد گرد 1:10 بجے. at Alexian Brothers. He was only 31 years-old. The سینٹ. لوئیس پوسٹ ڈسپیچ said Reagan’s body would be sent back to Brooklyn, where his wife still lived.

آج, 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: سینٹ. لوئیس پوسٹ ڈسپیچ, جنوری 11, 1912 edition, P. 17 and January 12, 1912 edition, P. 16

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