Some 120 years before Trump’s UFC fight, Theodore Roosevelt lost partial vision in a boxing match
Summary
President Donald Trump is hosting a big 80th birthday party with a UFC fight on the White House South Lawn, but he will only watch. Nearly 120 years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt was injured in a boxing match at the White House, which caused partial blindness in his left eye and ended his boxing career.Key Facts
- President Trump’s 80th birthday celebration will feature a UFC fight at the White House.
- Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president, boxed at the White House and lost sight in his left eye during a 1905 match.
- Roosevelt revealed in 1917 that a boxing injury caused blindness in that eye.
- The injury happened during a fight with his aide, Lt. Col. Dan Tyler Moore.
- Roosevelt had to stop boxing and wrestling because of the injury but later practiced jiu-jitsu.
- Roosevelt became president at age 42 after William McKinley’s assassination.
- Roosevelt kept the injury secret for years to protect the aide’s identity.
- Roosevelt’s final boxing match was in 1908, the last full year of his presidency.
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