Venue and Referee for Australian Jim Ryan vs Young Mitchell bout missing

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josesantiago98
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Venue and Referee for Australian Jim Ryan vs Young Mitchell bout missing

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Australian Jim Ryan (ID #016472) vs Young Mitchell (ID #068444) bout (bout ID#670296) from 1 December, 1893 in Oakland (event ID#351739) Venue was the Oakland Theater and the referee for the bout was Jack McAuliffe.

Evidence of these two tidbits can be found in the following papers of the time:

The Morning Call (San Francisco) issue from December 02, 1893
https://postimg.cc/GHMQr6jT and https://postimg.cc/9wC4qFcX

The record-union (Sacramento). [volume], December 02, 1893
https://postimg.cc/PLvvgR6H

The sun (New York)., December 03, 1893
https://postimg.cc/CzMN3wbV
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Re: Venue and Referee for Australian Jim Ryan vs Young Mitchell bout missing

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This has been updated. :TU:
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Re: Venue and Referee for Australian Jim Ryan vs Young Mitchell bout missing

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The record-union (Sacramento). [volume], December 02, 1893 (page) 1 also has the participant's weights. Young Mitchell weighed 157 lbs and Australian Jim Ryan weighed 158 lbs. So the bout should be listed as having been contested in the Middleweight Division..
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Re: Venue and Referee for Australian Jim Ryan vs Young Mitchell bout missing

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For completeness, the weights of the participants should be included in the database.
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