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I wanted to write about my heroes, and I wanted to get it right. And because I get to work for some very cool people at Waxwing, they told me to knock myself out. (Photo: Chad Bakta/New York Times/ Redux)

On July 4, 1910, two fighters made their way to an arena in Reno for one of the most socially significant sporting events in American history.

For all the movies and books written about him, Wyatt Earp’s first brush with fame came as the referee of an infamous 1896 boxing match.