In 1896, the biggest sporting event in the nation was to be a fight for the heavyweight championship.  But its location was a secret!  Armed Soldiers from Mexico, Arizona, and the Texas Rangers had it stopped, until the "Law West of the Pecos," Judge Roy Bean managed to take it international--sort of.  Learn about Texas ingenuity in Episode 8 of Wise About Texas. Heavyweight champ Bob Fitzsimmons masterson.jpg">Legendary lawman Bat Masterson....no match for a Texas Ranger Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald...one riot, one ranger. depot.jpg">The old Sanderson depot where Bat Masterson learned to behave himself Judge Roy Bean, the law west of the Pecos canvas-arena.jpg">The Fitzsimmons-Maher fight. On a sandbar in the Rio Grande.