I just finished reading “Fight To The Finish: The Battle of the Barge: "Gentleman" Jim Corbett, Joe Choynski, and the Fight that Launched Boxing's Modern Era” by Ron J. Jackson Jr. It’s a quick an entertaining read BTW. Anyway, at the end the author quotes Choyinski from something he said to a newspaper interviewer asking him to reflect on some fights he had with Corbett before they were pro. And Choyinski’s response (not verbatim because I don’t have it in front of me) was “I haven’t told anyone about what really happened except my wife and the Chinese boy I raised.” But I can’t find any other reference to this anywhere. Anyone know anything about this?
It's kind of a weird story. In around 1902 Choynski and his wife decided it would be fun to take in a Chinese boy "to help around and amuse them" and so he just went down to the local Chinese laundry to ask if there was one available. A man named Jian Pon consented that they should look after his 12 year old son, presumably so that they might teach him English since he was freshly arrived from China and didn't speak the language. It worked out well - Choynski helped the Jian family with their immigration issues and ended up inheriting $10,000 in the father's will. https://pasteboard.co/K9rYvzc.png
I googled "Fight To The Finish" and found that the book was written by Jeanette Murray, her other books are "Against the ropes", "Below the belt" and " This content is protected ". I was like wtf! but then i noticed that your book name is “Fight To The Finish: The Battle of the Barge", hahaah
