Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-05-26 | Page 3 | Tommy Ryan, Champion Welter-Weight

TOMMY RYAN CHAMPION WELTERWEIGHT o 00 000 0 o 0 C 0 C 00 o 0 I 0 0 l 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 I I l 0 f 9 o FpC d I 0 l 0 J I p 9 o or d 0 t f b o 0 0 o 0 oo o 0 00 1 0 0 0 0 b 0 0 f o Tommy Ryan the champion welterweight who Is now visiting Sail Lake was born in Redwood New York March 20 1S70 and has been fighting for about fifteen years His true name is Toseph Youngs and his present mission mis-sion to utah is to look at some mining properties In which he Is interested Ryan expresses himself as anxious to retire from the ring and get Inlo some good business before he gels loo old Ryan has a great ring record find is away and above every one In his class He has been fighting almost steadily since 18SS and has taken but one defeat that being a knockout by Kid llcC YIn Y-In fifteen rounds in 189C At the time McCoy outweighed Ryan almost twenty pounds In ISO Ryan again met McCoy and when the police Interfered Inter-fered after five rounds Ryans friends claimed he had the best of it He went slxhourtdK ton draw with the Kid ngnln in IflOO Ryan Is 5 feet 7i 1 inches tall and has fought at from 140 to 118 pounds