The New York Board of Boxing

The death of his mother at 15 probably also made him want to punch strangers. The state's 1896 Horton law created a loophole for private athletic associations to stage quote, fistic exhibitions of sparring. Places like the Coney Island Athletic Club charge spectators admission fees, which they called temporary membership dues. For the next couple of years, Larry and Bill would struggle living and working together without the tempering influence of their head held them together.