Some 120 years before Trump’s UFC fight, Theodore Roosevelt lost partial vision in a boxing match

Some 120 years before Trump’s UFC fight, Theodore Roosevelt lost partial vision in a boxing match

Trump will be a mere spectator at the UFC fight at his 80th birthday bash. Roosevelt took a more hands-on approachDonald Trump is throwing himself a huge 80th birthday party on Sunday with a UFC fight on the White House South Lawn, but he’ll be a mere spectator. Nearly 120 years ago, another brash New Yorker turned president took a much more hands-on approach to sparring at the White House, when Theodore Roosevelt lost sight in his left eye during a 1905 boxing match there.Roosevelt, the 26th Am...

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