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Boxing Comes to Idaho (Tap to read)

11/29/2022

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In 1919, boxing was legalized in Idaho. The Legislature created a boxing commission (also in charge of wrestling) to oversee the sport.  The law specified 20-round bouts with four-ounce gloves.
 
Mrs. Carrie White, one of two female representatives at the time, was enthusiastic. “I don’t want my sons to be mollycoddles,” she said. “This bill will prevent a race of mollycoddles.”
 
The need for the prevention of mollycoddling seemed urgent. The Idaho Statesman noted that since the bill didn’t have an emergency clause, it wouldn’t take effect for 60 days. They predicted that when the waiting time was up, promoters would be “busy as the knob on the single door of the one saloon in a mining town on payday.”
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    Rick Just has been writing about Idaho history since 1989 when he wrote and recorded scripts for the Idaho Centennial Commission’s daily radio program, Idaho Snapshots. His latest book on Idaho history is Images of America, Idaho State Parks. Rick also writes a regular column for the Idaho Press.

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