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Crime or Sport?The Development of Modern PrizefightingI.The Cultural and Legal SettingLegal and Religious OppositionSpecific legislation barring prizefightsPrizefighting moves southwardPopular urban sportRole of profit-seeking promoters-Richard Kyle Fox-National Police GazetteII.The Father of American PrizefightingJohn L.Sullivans early boxing careerModernized the“manly artGradual,steady progress for boxingRefusal to fight Jake KilrainII.The Father of American Prizefighting(cont.)Sullivan-Kilrain fight(July 8,1889)Fight brings boxing national prominenceAftermath of the fight and the arrest of the fightersAppeal of the arrestsIII.Boxing Comes of AgeAthletic Clubs sponsor“clean and decorous fightsBoxing takes on corporate conceptNew Orleans Olympic ClubSullivan vs.“Gentleman Jim Corbett(September 7,1892)IV.Reform BacklashDebate between Spencerian and Reform DarwinismSuit brought against the Olympic ClubTrial testimonyComparison to footballFinal Olympic Club fightModernization of boxingV.Boxing Moves WestwardMore conducive to the atmosphere of the American frontierFirst possibility:TexasCorbett vs.Fitzsimmons in NevadaPrizefighting western styleV.Boxing Moves Westward(cont.)Referee Wyatt EarpBoxing moves to CaliforniaFitzsimmons vs.Sharkey in San FranciscoPost-fight controversyVI.The Easts Last GaspSuccess in the West made fans and promoters in the East enviousJeffries vs.Fitzsimmons on Coney Island(1899)Problems in CincinnatiCalifornia as boxing capital of the worldEmergence of John“Jack Johnson
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