Tom Allen Robbed

Txog hnub plaub, Cuaj hlis 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended nws ntiaj teb Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship tiv thaiv koj txog haujlwm Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, Muas thaum chiv thawj ntawm Birmingham, Hais, tswm nyob St. Louis, Missouri. Allen nws thiaj li los ua ib tug neeg. Citizen.

Allen tsom ib pugnacious cwm pwm, sab nraum lub nplhaib, Ua haib tsiaj ntawm cov txiv neej ntaus pob ncaws pob nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas. Allen tshwj xeeb tshaj yog irritated new York prizefighting promoters thiab gamblers, Leej twg xav pom Allen poob lub npe.

Thaum lub sij hawm, Feem ntau lub xeev banned bare knuckle prizefighting. Allen thiab Goss fought nyob hauv ib lub teb clover teb sab nraum Walton, Kentucky. Lub koom haum tso lookouts nyob ib ncig ntawm lub teb saib rau tub ceev xwm.

Kev sib ntaus attracted ntaus pob ncaws pob ntawm St. Louis, Cincinnati, New York, thiab Louisville. Lub koom haum struggled kom cov 500 Kiv cua los cuam tshuam nrog lub bout. Tus kiv cua booed Allen thoob plaws hauv kev sib ntaus.

Allen sneered ntawm tus kiv cua thiab npaj mus sib ntaus sib tua Goss. Thaum lub referee pib lub bout, Allen thiab Goss voj sib.

Tus fighter twg tsis sib ntaus peb-feeb rounds. Tus fighters twb muab kab los ntuav tus nrog sib ntaus, knocking tus nrog sib ntaus, los yog tus nrog sib ntaus noj ib lub hauv caug.

Thawj kab mus xya feeb li Allen thiab Goss circled sib. Tom qab Allen txawm nta hlo thawj ntshav ntawm Goss, Allen thiab Goss clinched nyob rau hauv kaum tsev. Allen txawb Goss xaus tus thawj kab.

Allen punched Goss hauv lub qhov ncauj pib ob kab. Goss lands ob peb lub cev blows ua ntej Allen throws Goss xaus rau ob kab.

Allen txuas xovxwm nws kom zoo dua thaum peb muab, Thaum lookouts spotted lub Teeb Covington teeb ceev xwm militia. Cov militia marched yav tas los sib ntaus scene hoping mus frighten tawm pawg neeg. Allen thiab Goss boxed rau plaub rounds ua ntej lub militia marched rov qab thiab los ntawm cov neeg koom thiab kiv cua khiav.

Cov pab pawg neeg khiav los mus rau ib cheeb tsam hauv Boone County, Kentucky, South of Walton. Lub Nroog Boone County feem los txog ntawm kev sib ntaus scene tab sis ho tsis muaj ib tug quab yuam kom disperse pawg neeg. Tus tub ceevxwm zaum thiab saib tas kev sib ntaus.

Allen txuas pummeling Goss, Tiam sis Goss twb tus eighth muab los ntuav Allen. Goss sim caum tus kom zoo dua nrog Allen. Allen knocked mus Goss xaus rau cuaj kab.

Allen thiab Goss exchanged hnyav blows raws tus ropes hauv lub tenth round. Tus thib ob rau ob tug txiv neej yuav tsum tau pry lub fighters apart.

Allen twb tus eleventh, txim txhaj, Thiab kaum peb rounds los knocking Goss cia. Goss tau txais nyob rau hauv nws tus kheej kws muaj txuj ci nyob rau hauv cov plaub muab los ntuav Allen. Allen tus thib ob yelled rau ib foul, Tab sis cov referee twg tsis pub nws.

Rau tom ntej rounds, Allen twb tus kab los knocking mus Goss los yog Goss ntog thiab poob. Thaum kawg ntawm tus twentieth round, Allen muaj kev sib txuas goss lub qhov muag thiab bloodied Goss lub di ncauj thiab qhov ntswg. Allen NW nyuam qhuav muaj ib lub kos rau nws.

Allen txuas pounding Goss hauv lub nees nkaum-ua ntej muab thaum Goss ntog. Allen yog xuas nrig ntaus Goss thaum Goss poob. Yog ib lub Allen blows ntaus Goss thaum Goss nyob rau hauv nws lub hauv caug.

Goss lub ces kaum txiv neej yelled foul. Tus referee pub nws thiab disqualified Allen. Tus referee muab Goss lub ntiaj teb npe rau ib disqualification.

Allen screamed tias cov referee robbed nws ntawm nws lub npe. Allen blamed lub New York ntaus pob ncaws pob li cov culprits conspiring nrog cov referee coj nws lub npe. Ntawv xov xwm reporters feem coob txaus siab Allen tus thov tias cov referee robbed Allen ntawm nws lub npe.

Goss tuav lub npe mus txog rau thaum 1880 Thaum Goss ua nws thawj npe kws muaj txuj ci kws muaj txuj ci tiv thaiv Paddy Ryan. Paddy Ryan tua yeej Goss rau lub ntiaj teb npe hauv Goss lub npe xwb kws muaj txuj ci kws muaj txuj ci.

Allen rov qab mus hais mus tua ob peb xyoos ua ntej yuav rov qab los rau St. Louis. Allen muaj ib lub bar bar hauv St. Louis uas attracted tag nrho cov txiv neej ntaus pob ncaws pob ntawm St. Louis. Allen tua ib patron hauv nws tus kheej kws muaj txuj ci lub sij hawm 1897. Allen tuag nyob St. Louis thaum muaj hnub nyoog 62 nyob rau hauv 1903.

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Qhov chaw: Cov me nyuam. Louis Republican (St. Louis, Missouri), Cuaj hlis 8, 1876, p. 5

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