Jimmy Reagan Explained

Jimmy Reagan
Realname:	James Reagan
Nickname:	The Battler Fighting Reagan
Weight:	Bantamweight Featherweight
Height:	5feet
Nationality:	American
Birth Date:	C. 1888
Style:	Orthodox
Total:	72
Wins:	25
Ko:	4
Losses:	31
Draws:	15
No Contests:	1

Jimmy Reagan (1888-1975) was an American boxer who claimed the World Bantamweight Championship in a twelve-round bout on January 29, 1909 against Jimmy Walsh at Dreamland Rink in San Francisco, California.^[1] He lost the title only a month later in an historic twenty round bout on February 22, 1909 to Monte Attell at the Mission Street Arena in San Francisco.^[2] Reagan's primary manager was Jack Davis. During his career he fought Battling Nelson, Peanuts Sinclair, future lightweight champion Willie Ritchie, World Feather and Lightweight contender "Mexican Joe" Rivers and reigning lightweight champion Benny Leonard.^[3]

Career before the championship

Jimmy Reagan's birthdate is unconfirmed. The Evening standard stated in October 1910 that Reagan was 21 years old.^[4] While The Salt Lake Tribune stated he was 23 years old in February 1911.^[5] While the papers contradict each other, as Reagan couldn't be 21 in late 1910 and 23 in early 1911, they both leave the possibility of Reagan being born in 1888 making that the most likely birthyear. He was born of both Irish and Italian descent, with his father being Irish, and his mother Italian. He began fighting professionally around late 1907 in the Oakland, California area, and won all but two of his first nine fights in the following year, primarily in short four and six round bouts.^{[2] [6]}

On July 16, 1908, in a rare early career loss he met the gifted Willie Ritchie at the Reliance Athletic Club in Oakland, California, and came up on the short end of a six-round points decision. Ritchie was one of the most accomplished opponents Reagan would meet in his early career and would hold the World Lightweight Title from 1912 to 1914.

He met Monte Attell for the first time on November 30, 1908 in an important fifteen-round draw at the Dreamland Pavilion in Oakland.^[2]

World Bantamweight champion

On January 29, 1909, Reagan met Jimmy Walsh at the Dreamland Rink in San Francisco for a twelve-round World Bantamweight Title match. According to the Oakland Tribune, "Reagan led in every one of the twelve rounds with Walsh and was entitled to the verdict," though admitting the "title was a very close one."^[7]

Joe Woodman, Walsh's manager, admitted that Walsh had been beaten in eight of the twelve rounds, though it was a surprise to much of the audience who believed that Reagan had been overmatched with Walsh in the days before the fight. Walsh was considered to have a more clever boxing form and finesse, particularly in the early rounds, but Reagan was the aggressor, delivering more blows, and taking the initiative in the final rounds.^[8] Three days after taking the World Bantamweight Championship, he was signed to appear in a local Vaudeville House at a salary of $250 a week, an impressive sum for the era.^[9]

Loss of Bantamweight Title

On February 22, 1909, he lost to Monte Attell in a thrilling twenty round title fight at the Mission Street Arena in San Francisco. In the first six rounds the fighting was quite close, with Attell down four times in the early rounds. Reagan was down twice in the eighth, once for a nine count. Reagan knocked down Attell with a right to the jaw just as the bell sounded ending the sixth round, but Attell recovered, though dazed by the blow. According to the Oakland Tribune, Attell took every round from the eighth through the twentieth.^{[2] [10]}

On August 8, 1909, he finally lost the World Bantamweight Title to the exceptional Attell, brother to World Featherweight Champion Abe, in a fourth of ten-round knockout in Oakland, California only seven months after taking the title. The bout was billed as the 115 pound World Bantamweight championship. Reagan was able to hold his title for only one month. Perhaps if he had the opportunity to meet challengers less skilled and dominant than Monte Attell, he would have held the title far longer, but Attell was a local boxer and would not be denied his chance.^[2]

Bouts after losing bantamweight title

On September 5, 1910, he defeated Peanuts Sinclair in a thirteen-round knockout at the Fair Grounds in Ogden, Utah on what was then Labor Day. The fight was billed as an "Inter-Mountain Featherweight Championship", though Sinclair was not a featherweight of great national prominence.^[2] He trained at the Hermitage at Ogden Canyon for the well publicized bout, and told the press he would consider retiring if he lost the bout. Sinclair's training at Willard Bean's Gymnasium included pulley work, a form of strength training, shadow boxing, club swinging, and rope dancing. Apparently Reagan was accurate in his belief that he had an edge in the match. A very large crowd was expected to attend the bout.^{[11] [12]} Reagan worked out with the punching bag, skipping rope, medicine ball, and sand bag.^[13]

On October 7, 1910, he lost to Gene McGovern in the Fairgrounds in Ogden, Utah, in an eleventh round disqualification. The original call was a knockout by Reagan, but upon closer examination, the Referee Tom Painter ruled that Reagan had hit McGovern below the belt. After consulting with three physicians who examined McGovern, Painter made the binding ruling and awarded the bout to McGovern, reversing the rule of a knockout by Reagan. A crowd of 1500 witnessed the vigorous bout that saw Reagan dominating in every round. McGovern was counted out after he had laid down after the final blow. The bout was to have been for the Inter-Mountain Featherweight Championship.^[14]

Loss to "Mexican Joe" Rivers

On February 22, 1911, he lost to Mexican Joe Rivers by a technical knockout in the thirteenth round of a scheduled twenty. Reagan took a "terrific beating" and was knocked down four times prior to the thirteenth round when he was knocked down twice more by Rivers before the fight was called by Referee Eyeton. The bout took place in the Arena in Vernon, California, considered in the city of Los Angeles. The referee was Charles Eyton.^{[2] [15]} Rivers would contend for the World Lightweight Title on July 4, 1913 against Willie Ritchie. He would fight many of the top feather and lightweight boxers in the country.^[16]

He fought Monte Attell again in a draw bout on July 25, 1911, at the Buffalo Athletic Club in Sacramento, California.^[2]

He fought "Chalky" Germaine twice, first on January 8, 1912, in what was to be a ten-round bout at the Colonial Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah. Reagan was having trouble making the 122 pound limit for the bout. Nevertheless, he won the bout in the fifth round on points. Germaine was losing throughout the bout, and was clearly still suffering from a previous illness. Referee Harding K. Downing stopped the bout in the fifth round as a result.^[17] He met Germaine again on July 24, 1912 in Price, Utah, in a 20-round draw.^[2]

He defeated Tally Johns on September 4, 1912, at the Salt Lake Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah, in an uncharacteristic fourteenth-round TKO of a twenty-round match. Johns was described by one source as a "featherweight champion of the Northwest."^[18] Johns ended the bout with one eye badly swollen and the other entirely shut. Suffering, he had his seconds stop the bout forty-five seconds into the fourteenth round. Reagan was described as the aggressor throughout the bout, but not a single knockdown of either boxer occurred in the fight.^[19]

Between October 1913 and February 1915, he fought Sally Salvadore three times, winning in each bout.^[2]

On November 5, 1915, he won against the great Battling Nelson in a ten-round points decision in Kansas City, Missouri.^[2] Nelson, the former lightweight champion, lost decisively, and took serious punishment.^[20]

Decline of boxing career

Between August 1916, and May 1919, he began losing bouts with greater frequency, winning only 1 of 14 of his late career bouts. Though a number of the boxers he met after his loss of the title were competent or even gifted, his boxing dominance was relatively brief for a former World Champion.^[2]

Match with Benny Leonard

Near the end of his boxing career, on February 28, 1917, he fought the exceptional reigning lightweight champion Benny Leonard at the Manhattan Casino in Manhattan, New York, in a ten-round match, that the New York Times considered a draw bout. The Des Moines Register considered the fact that Reagan had gone ten rounds without being knocked out by the extraordinary champion a remarkable accomplishment. According to the Ogden Standard, "Dozens of times Jimmy seemed on the point of going down, but always he kept afoot. The Standard also wrote of Leonard, that "there wasn't a punch that he didn't aim at Reagan, and there wasn't one that was forceful enough to keep the Californian at bay."^{[2] [21] [22]}

Loss to Arlos Fanning

On November 20, 1917, he lost decisively to Arlos Fanning in a fifteen-round points decision in Joplin, Missouri. Fanning scored a clear knockdown of Reagan in the fourth, and had leads in twelve rounds, while Reagan took only two rounds, with one was a draw.^[23] On November 7, 1917, while in St. Louis training for the bout at the Future City Boxing club, Regan was briefly arrested and then released. Several policeman were able to purchase boxing tickets to a boxing event sponsored by the club, without having club membership, which was legally required to purchase tickets. When such violations occurred the boxers present at a club were arrested.^[24]

Of his late career loss to Black boxer Willie St. Clair on January 8, 1918, the Ogden Standard accurately predicted "As a fighter Reagan is through, Undoubtedly he is tough and can take a terrific beating, but for real milling his days apparently are over. Willie won the decision by a mile."^[25]

He lost to Neal Allison January 15, 1918 at the Waterloo Theatre in Waterloo, Iowa in a ten-round newspaper decision. Reagan was characterized as a boxer who lacked great scientific boxing skills, being rather "a scrapper of the give and take variety, who relied on his ability to "give and take punishment to bring ...victory."^{[2] [21]}

Reagan died in October 1975.

Professional boxing record

All information in this section is derived from BoxRec,^[26] unless otherwise stated.

Official record

All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column.

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
74	Win	22–26–13	Walt Fanning	PTS	10	Nov 26, 1919
73	Loss	21–26–13	Barney Adair	TKO	6 (10)	May 19, 1919
72	Loss	21–25–13	Danny Matthews	PTS	10	May 1, 1919
71	Loss	21–24–13	Jimmy Hanlon	PTS	10	Feb 28, 1919
70	Loss	21–23–13	Jack Read	PTS	10	Apr 6, 1918
69	Loss	21–22–13	Otto Wallace	TKO	11 (15)	Mar 27, 1918
68	Loss	21–21–13	Jimmy Hanlon	PTS	10	Feb 7, 1918
67	Loss	21–20–13	Neal Allison	NWS	10	Jan 15, 1918
66	Loss	21–20–13	Pat Gilbert	PTS	20	Dec 28, 1917
65	Loss	21–19–13	Arlos Fanning	NWS	15	Nov 20, 1917
64	Loss	21–19–13	Jimmy Hanlon	PTS	15	Oct 10, 1917
63	Draw	21–18–13	Joe Malone	NWS	10	Jul 13, 1917
62	Win	21–18–13	George Cohan	NWS	10	Jun 26, 1917
61	Loss	21–18–13	Barney Adair	NWS	10	Jun 22, 1917
60	Loss	21–18–13	Benny Leonard	NWS	10	Feb 28, 1917
59	Loss	21–18–13	Johnny Lore	NWS	10	Feb 9, 1917
58	Loss	21–18–13	Harry Carlson	PTS	12	Oct 26, 1916
57	Loss	21–17–13	Chick Simler	NWS	10	Aug 29, 1916
56	Loss	21–17–13	Walter Mohr	NWS	10	Aug 12, 1916
55	Win	21–17–13	Jimmy Barry	KO	8 (?)	Jul 12, 1916
54	Loss	20–17–13	Joe Welling	PTS	15	Jun 6, 1916
53	Win	20–16–13	Sailor Joe Kelly	NWS	10	Jun 5, 1916
52	Win	20–16–13	Johnny Lore	NWS	10	May 16, 1916
51	Draw	20–16–13	Harry Pierce	NWS	10	Apr 28, 1916
50	Loss	20–16–13	Harvey Thorpe	PTS	10	Jan 26, 1916
49	Loss	20–15–13	Otto Wallace	PTS	10	Dec 27, 1915
48		20–14–13	Jimmy Hanlon	ND	6	Nov 10, 1915
47	Win	20–14–13	Battling Nelson	PTS	10	Nov 5, 1915
46	Loss	19–14–13	Benny Palmer	PTS	8	Sep 27, 1915
45	Draw	19–13–13	Harvey Thorpe	PTS	10	Aug 30, 1915
44	Loss	19–13–12	Joe Flynn	DQ	12 (15)	Jun 25, 1915
43	Loss	19–12–12	Stanley Yoakum	PTS	20	May 18, 1915
42	Draw	19–11–12	Pat Gilbert	PTS	4	Mar 1, 1915
41	Win	19–11–11	Solly Salvadore	PTS	4	Feb 8, 1915
40	Win	18–11–11	Joe Getz	PTS	15	Jun 19, 1914
39	Loss	17–11–11	George Mason	PTS	10	Feb 25, 1914
38	Loss	17–10–11	George Mason	PTS	?	Feb 14, 1914
37	Win	17–9–11	Henry Hickey	PTS	6	Feb 10, 1914
36	Win	16–9–11	Solly Salvadore	PTS	10	Jan 1, 1914
35	Win	15–9–11	Solly Salvadore	PTS	6	Oct 29, 1913
34	Loss	14–9–11	Percy Cove	PTS	4	Jan 24, 1913
33	Draw	14–8–11	Percy Cove	PTS	4	Sep 27, 1912
32	Win	14–8–10	Tally Johns	TKO	14 (?)	Sep 4, 1912
31	Draw	13–8–10	Chalky Germaine	PTS	20	Jul 24, 1912
30	Draw	13–8–9	Tally Johns	PTS	6	Feb 12, 1912
29	Win	13–8–8	Chalky Germaine	TKO	5 (10)	Jan 8, 1912
28	Loss	12–8–8	Louis Hahn	PTS	4	Dec 8, 1911
27	Loss	12–7–8	Percy Cove	PTS	20	Oct 30, 1911
26	Draw	12–6–8	Monte Attell	PTS	20	Jul 25, 1911
25	Draw	12–6–7	Danny Webster	PTS	20	Jun 14, 1911
24	Draw	12–6–6	Danny Webster	PTS	20	Jun 13, 1911
23	Loss	12–6–5	Mexican Joe Rivers	TKO	13 (20)	Feb 22, 1911
22	Loss	12–5–5	Gene McGovern	DQ	11 (20)	Oct 7, 1910
21	Win	12–4–5	Eugene 'Peanuts' Sinclair	KO	13 (20)	Sep 5, 1910
20	Draw	11–4–5	Harley 'Kid' Ross	PTS	4	Jul 7, 1910
19	Loss	11–4–4	Kid Brown	KO	4 (10)	Jun 28, 1910
18	Win	11–3–4	Eddie Webber	PTS	6	Jun 18, 1910
17	Draw	10–3–4	Young Erlenborn	PTS	6	Jun 6, 1910
16	Win	10–3–3	Fred Bennett	PTS	10	Mar 15, 1910
15	Loss	9–3–3	Monte Attell	KO	4 (10)	Aug 11, 1909
14	Win	9–2–3	Fred Bennett	PTS	10	May 25, 1909
13	Loss	8–2–3	Monte Attell	PTS	20	Feb 22, 1909
12	Win	8–1–3	Jimmy Walsh	PTS	12	Jan 29, 1909
11	Draw	7–1–3	Jimmy Carroll	PTS	6	Dec 18, 1908
10	Draw	7–1–2	Monte Attell	PTS	15	Nov 30, 1908
9	Win	7–1–1	Harry Williams	PTS	6	Nov 17, 1908
8	Win	6–1–1	Eddie Menney	PTS	6	Oct 23, 1908
7	Win	5–1–1	Eddie Carsey	PTS	6	Aug 18, 1908
6	Draw	4–1–1	Harry Dell	PTS	6	Aug 14, 1908
5	Loss	4–1	Willie Ritchie	PTS	6	Jul 16, 1908
4	Win	4–0	Jack Lennon	PTS	4	Jun 18, 1908
3	Win	3–0	Lee Johnson	PTS	4	May 28, 1908
2	Win	2–0	Young Lavigne	KO	3 (4)	Feb 18, 1908
1	Win	1–0	Eddie Young	PTS	4	Dec 19, 1907

Unofficial record

Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column.

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
74	Win	25–33–15	Walt Fanning	PTS	10	Nov 26, 1919
73	Loss	24–33–15	Barney Adair	TKO	6 (10)	May 19, 1919
72	Loss	24–32–15	Danny Matthews	PTS	10	May 1, 1919
71	Loss	24–31–15	Jimmy Hanlon	PTS	10	Feb 28, 1919
70	Loss	24–30–15	Jack Read	PTS	10	Apr 6, 1918
69	Loss	24–29–15	Otto Wallace	TKO	11 (15)	Mar 27, 1918
68	Loss	24–28–15	Jimmy Hanlon	PTS	10	Feb 7, 1918
67	Loss	24–27–15	Neal Allison	NWS	10	Jan 15, 1918
66	Loss	24–26–15	Pat Gilbert	PTS	20	Dec 28, 1917
65	Loss	24–25–15	Arlos Fanning	NWS	15	Nov 20, 1917
64	Loss	24–24–15	Jimmy Hanlon	PTS	15	Oct 10, 1917
63	Draw	24–23–15	Joe Malone	NWS	10	Jul 13, 1917
62	Win	24–23–14	George Cohan	NWS	10	Jun 26, 1917
61	Loss	23–23–14	Barney Adair	NWS	10	Jun 22, 1917
60	Loss	23–22–14	Benny Leonard	NWS	10	Feb 28, 1917
59	Loss	23–21–14	Johnny Lore	NWS	10	Feb 9, 1917
58	Loss	23–20–14	Harry Carlson	PTS	12	Oct 26, 1916
57	Loss	23–19–14	Chick Simler	NWS	10	Aug 29, 1916
56	Loss	23–18–14	Walter Mohr	NWS	10	Aug 12, 1916
55	Win	23–17–14	Jimmy Barry	KO	8 (?)	Jul 12, 1916
54	Loss	22–17–14	Joe Welling	PTS	15	Jun 6, 1916
53	Win	22–16–14	Sailor Joe Kelly	NWS	10	Jun 5, 1916
52	Win	21–16–14	Johnny Lore	NWS	10	May 16, 1916
51	Draw	20–16–14	Harry Pierce	NWS	10	Apr 28, 1916
50	Loss	20–16–13	Harvey Thorpe	PTS	10	Jan 26, 1916
49	Loss	20–15–13	Otto Wallace	PTS	10	Dec 27, 1915
48		20–14–13	Jimmy Hanlon	ND	6	Nov 10, 1915
47	Win	20–14–13	Battling Nelson	PTS	10	Nov 5, 1915
46	Loss	19–14–13	Benny Palmer	PTS	8	Sep 27, 1915
45	Draw	19–13–13	Harvey Thorpe	PTS	10	Aug 30, 1915
44	Loss	19–13–12	Joe Flynn	DQ	12 (15)	Jun 25, 1915
43	Loss	19–12–12	Stanley Yoakum	PTS	20	May 18, 1915
42	Draw	19–11–12	Pat Gilbert	PTS	4	Mar 1, 1915
41	Win	19–11–11	Solly Salvadore	PTS	4	Feb 8, 1915
40	Win	18–11–11	Joe Getz	PTS	15	Jun 19, 1914
39	Loss	17–11–11	George Mason	PTS	10	Feb 25, 1914
38	Loss	17–10–11	George Mason	PTS	?	Feb 14, 1914
37	Win	17–9–11	Henry Hickey	PTS	6	Feb 10, 1914
36	Win	16–9–11	Solly Salvadore	PTS	10	Jan 1, 1914
35	Win	15–9–11	Solly Salvadore	PTS	6	Oct 29, 1913
34	Loss	14–9–11	Percy Cove	PTS	4	Jan 24, 1913
33	Draw	14–8–11	Percy Cove	PTS	4	Sep 27, 1912
32	Win	14–8–10	Tally Johns	TKO	14 (?)	Sep 4, 1912
31	Draw	13–8–10	Chalky Germaine	PTS	20	Jul 24, 1912
30	Draw	13–8–9	Tally Johns	PTS	6	Feb 12, 1912
29	Win	13–8–8	Chalky Germaine	TKO	5 (10)	Jan 8, 1912
28	Loss	12–8–8	Louis Hahn	PTS	4	Dec 8, 1911
27	Loss	12–7–8	Percy Cove	PTS	20	Oct 30, 1911
26	Draw	12–6–8	Monte Attell	PTS	20	Jul 25, 1911
25	Draw	12–6–7	Danny Webster	PTS	20	Jun 14, 1911
24	Draw	12–6–6	Danny Webster	PTS	20	Jun 13, 1911
23	Loss	12–6–5	Mexican Joe Rivers	TKO	13 (20)	Feb 22, 1911
22	Loss	12–5–5	Gene McGovern	DQ	11 (20)	Oct 7, 1910
21	Win	12–4–5	Eugene 'Peanuts' Sinclair	KO	13 (20)	Sep 5, 1910
20	Draw	11–4–5	Harley 'Kid' Ross	PTS	4	Jul 7, 1910
19	Loss	11–4–4	Kid Brown	KO	4 (10)	Jun 28, 1910
18	Win	11–3–4	Eddie Webber	PTS	6	Jun 18, 1910
17	Draw	10–3–4	Young Erlenborn	PTS	6	Jun 6, 1910
16	Win	10–3–3	Fred Bennett	PTS	10	Mar 15, 1910
15	Loss	9–3–3	Monte Attell	KO	4 (10)	Aug 11, 1909
14	Win	9–2–3	Fred Bennett	PTS	10	May 25, 1909
13	Loss	8–2–3	Monte Attell	PTS	20	Feb 22, 1909
12	Win	8–1–3	Jimmy Walsh	PTS	12	Jan 29, 1909
11	Draw	7–1–3	Jimmy Carroll	PTS	6	Dec 18, 1908
10	Draw	7–1–2	Monte Attell	PTS	15	Nov 30, 1908
9	Win	7–1–1	Harry Williams	PTS	6	Nov 17, 1908
8	Win	6–1–1	Eddie Menney	PTS	6	Oct 23, 1908
7	Win	5–1–1	Eddie Carsey	PTS	6	Aug 18, 1908
6	Draw	4–1–1	Harry Dell	PTS	6	Aug 14, 1908
5	Loss	4–1	Willie Ritchie	PTS	6	Jul 16, 1908
4	Win	4–0	Jack Lennon	PTS	4	Jun 18, 1908
3	Win	3–0	Lee Johnson	PTS	4	May 28, 1908
2	Win	2–0	Young Lavigne	KO	3 (4)	Feb 18, 1908
1	Win	1–0	Eddie Young	PTS	4	Dec 19, 1907

See also

• List of bantamweight boxing champions

External links

• • Jimmy Reagan - Cyber Boxing Zone

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Notes and References

1. Web site: The Lineal Bantamweight Champions. Cyber Boxing Zone.
2. Web site: Jimmy Reagan. BoxRec. 19 May 2016.
3. Web site: Jimmy Reagan. Cyber Boxing Zone. 18 June 2016.
4. Web site: The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, October 07, 1910, Image 3 . 2 .
5. Web site: The Salt Lake Tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, February 19, 1911, SPORTING SECTION, Image 38 . 2 .
6. "Jimmy Brimful of Confidence", The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, p. 37, 19 February 1911
7. "Monte Has Right to Claim Championship Title", Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, pg. 11, 9 August 1909
8. Smith, Eddie, "Clever San Francisco Boy Wins Over Boston Champ", Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, pg. 15, 30 January 1909
9. "Jimmy Reagan, World's Champion Bantam", The Tacoma Times, Tacoma, Washington, pg. 2, 17 February 1909
10. "Britt is Defeated", Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, pg. 5, 28 February 1909
11. "Reagan And Sinclair Ready for Contest", p. 10, 27 August 1910
12. ""Peanuts" Sinclair Begins Training For Contest", The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, pg. 10, 23 August 1910
13. "Jimmy Reagan in Great Condition, Former Bantamweight Champion Believes He can Easily Defeat "Peanuts" Sinclair", The Salt Lake City Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, pg. 10, 30 August 1910
14. "Gene M'Govern Wins on Foul", Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, pg. 12, 8 October 1910
15. "Young Rivers Gets Decision", The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., pg. 8, 23 February 1911
16. "Jimmy Reagan Takes a Tremendous Beating", Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, p. 11, 23 February 1911
17. "Jimmy Reagan in Salt Lake", The Evening Standard, Ogden City, Utah, pg. 6, 26 December 1911
18. "Classy Little Boxers to Go Twenty Rounds Tonight", The Salt Lake Tribune", Salt Lake City, Utah, pg. 7, 4 September 1912
19. "Reagan Stops Johns in the Fourteenth Round", The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, p. 8, 5 September 1912
20. "Sports of All Kinds--Boxing", The Day Book, Chicago, Illinois, pg. 11 6 November 1915
21. "To Stage Athletic Show", Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, pg. 31, 13 January 1918
22. "Fight Fans are Gathering From All Corners", The Ogden Standard, Ogden, Utah, p.3, 25 December 1917
23. "Fanning Wins Handily From Jimmy Reagan", The Morning Tulsa Daily World, Tulsa, Oklahoma, p. 10, 21 November 1917
24. "Police Raid Boxing Club", Evening Capital News, Boise, Idaho, pg. 8, 7 November 1917
25. "Reagan Slow in Bout With Negro", Ogden Standard, Ogden, Utah, pg. 3, 8 January 1918
26. Web site: BoxRec: Login .