約翰尼·裡根在聖. 路易

約翰尼·裡根 (Johnny Reagan) 是聖彼得堡的重要戰士. 20 世紀頭十年的路易斯拳擊場景. 最初來自布魯克林, 裡根搬到聖. 路易斯在傑克麥肯納的指導下訓練. 麥肯納的行動基於聖. 路易, 他的戰士主要在聖. 路易’ 西區俱樂部. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time of his move to St. 路易.

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

While most of the fighters left St. Louis for California by 1910, Reagan remained in the city. Still fighting in 1911 在 31 歲以下, 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.

十二月 14, 1911, Reagan went to Alexian Brothers Hospital on St. 路易’ 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 圍繞 1:10 比前收市價. at Alexian Brothers. He was only 31 years-old. 該 聖. 聖路易斯郵報 said Reagan’s body would be sent back to Brooklyn, where his wife still lived.

今天, 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: 聖. 聖路易斯郵報, 一月 11, 1912 版, P. 17 與一月 12, 1912 版, P. 16

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