Con Orem of Colorado and Owen Geoghagen of New York City met in a field near Amboy around dawn before a large crowd of New Yorkers for an illegal prize fight. The well-matched young boxers fought for less than half an hour before Georghagen went down under a blow the local partisans considered a foul. A near riot ensued and weapons were drawn and flourished until the referee, under the influence of a pistol to his head, declared Orem disqualified and Georghagen the winner. Police later made forty arrests. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Another Prize Fight," New York Times, May 20, 1863, p. 1.
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