Madison Square Garden |
New York Rangers - Ice Hockey New York Nicks - Basketball New York Liberty - Basketball New York Titans - Lacrosse these teams are a regular fixture of the venue but the MSG has also seen a lot of bouts with John L. Sullivan became the first heavyweight champion to box in the original Madison Square Garden when he defended his title against Joe Collins in 1882. Sullivan offered Collins, $1,000 and half the gate receipts of the sold out Garden if he was still standing after four rounds. Collins withstood several knockdowns, but clutched his way to a "survival victory" In the 1940s, Henry Armstrong and Joe Louis were Garden fixtures. Louis made eight successful title defenses in The Garden. In 1942, Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Jake LaMotta in a Garden classic. In 1951, the 37-year-old Louis came out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano. A Marciano left hook floored Louis in the eighth. In the battle of the century, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali met in March of 1971 for a five million-dollar purse. Frazier won "The Fight". Apart from these fights Madison Square Garden is still the home for a lot of todays world championship fights |
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MGM Grand |
The MGM Grand host most of the biggest fights in the present boxing era. Most prestigous title fights happen here with the like of Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao making it their second home. Here are just some of the fights that you may have heard about:
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