Paddy Ryan
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Patrick Ryan was an Irish American boxer, and became the bare-knuckle American heavyweight champion on 30 May 1880, after he won the title from Joe Goss. He retained the title until losing it to the e
Paddy Ryan, 1887
Jem Mace
Ryan (left) and Sullivan shake hands at scratch line
Odlum jumps from the bridge
Joe Goss
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Joseph Goss was an English bare knuckle boxer. He emigranted to the United States of America in 1867. After defeating Tom Allen in Boone County, Kentucky, he held the American and what many boxing his
Paddy Ryan
…14 December 1900) was an Irish American boxer, and became the bare-knuckle American heavyweight champion on 30 May 1880, after he won the title from Joe Goss. He retained the title until losing it to the exceptional John L. Sullivan on 7 February 1882. Ryan fought only ten major bouts, but as many as twenty-five…
Mace with right to Goss's eye, 1866
Allen in later life, circa 1897