The Forgotten Story of Wyatt Earp and the Fixed Heavyweight Title Fight

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When most people hear the name Wyatt Earp they think of the brave lawman who participated in the gunfight at the OK Corral.  You know the hero of countless movies, books, and tv shows.  Historians may have a slightly more tarnished image.

Did you know that…

…At the start of the 20th century, most people did not see Earp as a demigod of frontier justice, but rather as a dirty referee who fixed the heavyweight championship, running away before many in the crowd realized what had happened.

Click over to The Guardian and read The Forgotten Story of Wyatt Earp and the Fixed Heavyweight Title Fight by Les Carpenter.  You’ll never see Wyatt Earp in quite the same light!