[DOC] [TLE] Even the ghost of Judge Roy Bean all but gone in Langtry - San ... [PAR] Nov 29, 2014 ... Once a bustling railroad and ranching hub an hour west of Del Rio, ... In 1896, 
boxing enthusiasts from around the country came to witness a heavyweight 
championship fight between ... But because it was illegal to hold the fight it Texas, 
it was staged by Judge Bean on a sandbar across the Rio Grande. [DOC] [TLE] The Fitzsimmons-Maher Prizefight on the Rio Grande [PAR] The World Heavyweight Championship Bout of 1896 ... Langtry's Judge Roy 
Bean was a showman, and he knew how to make a buck. February 21, 1896 was 
... Boxing, which was then called prizefighting, was illegal in Texas. ... Bean had 
set up a fighting ring on a sandbar in the Rio Grandebeyond the reach of the 
law. [DOC] [TLE] The sun is setting on Judge Roy Bean's West Texas town | Travel ... [PAR] Dec 12, 2014 ... ... a heavyweight championship fight. Because it was illegal to hold the fight in 
Texas, it was staged by Judge Bean on a sandbar across the Rio... [DOC] [TLE] The Hide-and-Seek Fight of 1896 - Texas Co-op Power Magazine [PAR] Not even the boxers knew where the world heavyweight bout would take place ... 
the news by calling a special session of the Legislature that made it illegal to 
swap ... Maher won that fight, but Stuart still had to find a place to stage the title 
bout. ... He had constructed a ring on a sandbar at the bottom of Rio Grande 
Canyon,... [DOC] [TLE] In Depth in Del Rio | Frommer's [PAR] The Legend of Roy Bean Judge Roy Bean, the self-styled "Law West of the 
Pecos," was by ... But he gained perhaps his greatest notoriety for staging a 
heavyweight championship fight in 1896. At the time, prizefighting was illegal in 
Texas as well as in Mexico, so Bean staged the fight on a sandbar in the Rio 
Grande, a no... [DOC] [TLE] BEAN, ROY | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical ... [PAR] Jun 12, 2010 ... ... Samuel, published in the Las Cruces, New Mexico, Rio Grande Republican in 
1903. ... Bean ruled that his law book did not make it illegal to kill a Chinese. ... 
when he staged the Fitzsimmons-Maher heavyweight championship fight on a 
sandbar just below Langtry on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande,... [DOC] [TLE] Judge Roy Bean - Stop & Visit Texas [PAR] ... when he staged the Fitzsimmons-Maher heavyweight championship fight on a 
... However, since prize fighting was illegal in Texas many thought the fight ... the 
Rio Grande to a hastily built ring on a sandbar on the Mexican side of the river. [DOC] [TLE] johnwayne-thealamo.com  View topic - Judge Roy Bean: Law West Of ... [PAR] match on a sandbar in the middle of the Rio Grand because it was illegal to hold 
..... Roy Bean staged a heavyweight championship fight on a sandbar just ... 
Bean ruled that his law book did not make it illegal to kill a Chinese. [DOC] [TLE] Roy Bean stages a prize fight [PAR] Feb 21, 2011 ... BTW, Judge Bean's saloon, the Jersey Lilly, reportedly had ... more ... in a dry 
river bed of the Rio Grande, so police from both countries would... [DOC] [TLE] "West of Pecos no law, west of El Paso no God" - listserv ... [PAR] Nov 1, 2006 ... Judge Roy Bean was known as the "Law West of the Pecos. ... in a saloon, and 
he prospered until the Civil Warqv reached the Rio Grande valley. ... for example, 
Bean ruled that his law book did not make it illegal to kill a Chinese. ... 
heavyweight championship fight on a sandbar just below Langtry on the... [DOC] [TLE] Langtry photos on Flickr | Flickr [PAR] Sheriff's Office Langtry, TX., home of the famous hanging Judge, Judge Roy Bean
. ..... staged a heavyweight championship fight on a sandbar just below Langtry, 
... for example, Bean ruled that his

Question: This judge staged an illegal heavyweight championship fight on a sandbar in the Rio Grande
Answer: Roy Bean