John Shanssey
American politician
約翰·尚西 · ジョン・ シャンシー
- Born
- 1848
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- boxing
- Occupation
- politician, boxer
John Shanssey (March 23, 1848 – 1919?) was an American boxer, gambler, saloon owner, and Mayor of Yuma, Arizona. He fought Mike Donovan in a bout refereed by a young 21-year-old Wyatt Earp on July 4, 1868, or 1869 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Shanssey is an alternative spelling, based on local Irish pronunciation, of the Irish surname Shaughnessy.
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