9. Earp was well known to Bat Masterson during his tenure in Dodge City
While Wyatt Earp was in Dodge City, he became acquainted with fellow lawman and western legend Bat Masterson. One interest which they shared was the sport of boxing, Earp was by then an experienced referee, well-versed in the Marquess of Queensbury rules which governed conduct in the ring. Masterson’s level of interest in boxing and other sports, including horse racing, led him to become a sportswriter in New York later in life. As a journalist, Masterson was considered a leading authority on the sport of boxing in the early twentieth century, attending most of the most important fights of the early 1900s.
