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Charles 'The Little Apache" Ledoux (but he was French. Those were weird times) www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=17961&cat=boxer won 99 (KO 81) + lost 29 (KO 3) + drawn 6

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Ledoux is demonstrating a technique from savate (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savate), specifically a coup de pied bas. It seems as if he is doing it from a false guard, similar to instructions for this technique given in “La Defense Dans La Rue” by Joseph J Renuad, published in 1912 (defensedanslarue.wordpress.com/skills/the-street-kicks-of...). As for his name Little Apache, I think you might find an explanation here (defensedanslarue.wordpress.com/history/the-dirty-tricks-o...) or here (jmanly.ejmas.com/articles/2005/jmanlyart_apaches_0105.htm)

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Sooo good!

he has a long reach

Charles 'The Little Apache" Ledoux (but he was French. Those were weird times) www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=17961& cat=boxer won 99 (KO 81) + lost 29 (KO 3) + drawn 6

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Ledoux was a bantamweight. Touted as "the best bantamweight France has turned out." query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE0DB133CE633A...

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It is so weird to see sports photo against a hotel room wall.

Charles 'The Little Apache" Ledoux (but he was French. Those were weird times) www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=17961&cat=boxer won 99 (KO 81) + lost 29 (KO 3) + drawn 6

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Not a hotel room -- this was a gym where boxers trained. A November 24, 1913, photo of boxer Charles Morris shows another chamber in this suite, with the identical wallpaper: @undeadsinatra: In the 19th century, a cult of the Apache was active in the French underworld, especially in Paris. They took their name from the Apache Indians of North America, and were famous for their costumes, wearing flashy shirts with horizontal stripes. Here is an explanation on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_(gang) Ledoux probably got his nickname because he was French (and a fierce fighter).