What happened to THE GARDEN

Rory McCloskey · Post by **Rory McCloskey** » 01 Sep 2005, 08:52

ive noticed that back in the day, the garden was the place to be, the center of the boxing universe..today..they have the golden gloves tourney there n thats about as good as it gets..when did the garden lose?..when did the garden become just another venue? they use to have all the title fights there n all the big matchups..now its a joke.. when officially did the garden lose its power?

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 01 Sep 2005, 15:25

You may have your question upside down, It's not the garden it's boxing.

Used to be that there were many premier fights, there just arent that many these days. If boxing was big and would draw, the garden would still be poppin. Once in while it still does.

To some degree big fights end up in great gambling establishmennts because it's one of the few places boxing is still popular and "good for business".

My guess is whats left of boxing will find it's way more and more into the casinos.

john2345 · Post by **john2345** » 02 Sep 2005, 12:17

BoxBuzz wrote:You may have your question upside down, It's not the garden it's boxing.

My guess is whats left of boxing will find it's way more and more into the casinos.

Good reply.... you could equally ask what happened to the big fight nights at the Yankee Stadium and similar open air venues. Would Corrales vs Castillo II fill a baseball park...? That sort of fight probably would have in the 1930s but with (a) a lower public interest in boxing and (b) readily available television coverage not today.

J

wlvrne · Post by **wlvrne** » 03 Sep 2005, 03:16

....had a friend of mine who watched a boxing venue at Madison, Wisconsin. He thought he drove all the way to "Madison Arena".
No lie...funnier than shit.

p.s. excuse me, Madison Square Garden

Rory McCloskey · Post by **Rory McCloskey** » 03 Sep 2005, 11:18

i dont get it?

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 04 Sep 2005, 21:49

Maybe it's one of those stories where you had to be there

wlvrne · Post by **wlvrne** » 05 Sep 2005, 10:15

Read again. I hate explaining stuff that's obvious.
My friend went to Madison, Wisconsin to watch a boxing venue. He got so drunk, he thought had gone all the way to Madison Sqaure Garden, New York City, New York.
Would you boys want some color crayons to go along with that menu?

Rory McCloskey · Post by **Rory McCloskey** » 05 Sep 2005, 10:33

haha no i got it that is pretty funny..he must have been dissapointed? hahaha

wlvrne · Post by **wlvrne** » 05 Sep 2005, 10:41

More embarassed than anything because was bragging about going to THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN when he got back. Luckily he didn't kill anyone on the road.

Rory McCloskey · Post by **Rory McCloskey** » 05 Sep 2005, 10:45

hahahah...oh man thats gotta be so dissapointing..where did he drive from?

wlvrne · Post by **wlvrne** » 05 Sep 2005, 11:48

Duluth, Minnesota. So you could see he was REALLY messed up !

Rory McCloskey · Post by **Rory McCloskey** » 05 Sep 2005, 14:35

hahah did he really think he drove all the way to the garden or did he think that madison wisc. is were the garden was?

wlvrne · Post by **wlvrne** » 05 Sep 2005, 14:48

He had gone to Madison, Wisconsin thinking he was going to Madison Square Garden. Like I said, he was pretty drunk.

Rory McCloskey · Post by **Rory McCloskey** » 05 Sep 2005, 14:54

hahaha oh god

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 06 Sep 2005, 13:17

Madison, nice town. Worked a Playboy club located in a Sheraton Hotel there many years ago. Wonder where that square garden could be found?

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