John Shanssey
John Shanssey was an American boxer, gambler, saloon owner, and Mayor of Yuma, Arizona. He fought Professor [Mike Donovan|Mike Donovan] in a bout refereed by a young 21-year-old Wyatt Earp on July 4, 1868, or 1869 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Shanssey is an alternative spelling, based on local Irish pronunciation, of the Irish surname Shaughnessy.