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Billy Shannon (top left), is pictured on the steps of his home, in 1908. Seated next to Shannon is his wife, Lena, and her sister. Seated in the middle of the photo is famed lightweight boxer Joe Gans. Pictured to the right of Gans, holding a white hat, is Young Corbett, a.k.a. William H. Rothwell, of Denver, Colorado. Billy Shannon was a former amateur lightweight champion who later turned professional. He operated Billy Shannon's Villa, a saloon and training facility located on a triangular lot at the west end of Fourth Street, in San Rafael, California. He managed the combination restaurant-bar and training camp, which held a small ring featuring popular exhibition prizefights, from about 1906 to 1914.
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