kjlehm wrote:Some NJ/NY venues I've come across through my research:
-McGuigan's A.C. in Harrison, NJ aka "The Casino," among other nicknames (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGuigan_H ... letic_Club)
-Captain Mike Boyle's Knickerbocker Hall in Hoboken, NJ
-The Vendome Club in Newark, NJ
-Caledonian Park Hall in Newark, NJ
-Waldmann's Theatre in Newark, NJ
-St. Bridget's Hall, Jersey City, NJ
-Greenwood Olympia/Greenwood A.C. in Brooklyn, NY
-Weare's Hall in West Hoboken, NJ
Thanks to all the contributions made over the past year or so by all your folks. The original post on page 1 has been updated with all your additions.
Ric wrote:Friedie, what about Luna Park, Berlin?
Schmeling fought there early on (mid-20s, I believe).
What do you know about IT'S history?
hi ric,
the "Luna Park" was only an amusement-park. to my knowledge only one (open-air) boxing-match took place there: in august, 1926 max schmeling won the german lightheavyweight championship against max dieckmann. schmeling knocked his opponent out in only 30 seconds !
the crowd was about 4.000 spectators.
8)
The ring in the Lunapark as well as the one at Zirkus Busch at Monbijou Park were venues of the 20ies. Venues in Berlin of the 30ies where the »Spichernsäle« in Spichernstraße, the »Neue Welt« in Hasenheide, the »Bockbrauerei«, a beer garden of a brewery, the »Tennishalle« and »Saalbau Friedrichshain«.
Ric wrote:Friedie, what about Luna Park, Berlin?
Schmeling fought there early on (mid-20s, I believe).
What do you know about IT'S history?
hi ric,
the "Luna Park" was only an amusement-park. to my knowledge only one (open-air) boxing-match took place there: in august, 1926 max schmeling won the german lightheavyweight championship against max dieckmann. schmeling knocked his opponent out in only 30 seconds !
the crowd was about 4.000 spectators.
8)
The ring in the Lunapark as well as the one at Zirkus Busch at Monbijou Park were venues of the 20ies. Venues in Berlin of the 30ies where the »Spichernsäle« in Spichernstraße, the »Neue Welt« in Hasenheide, the »Bockbrauerei«, a beer garden of a brewery, the »Tennishalle« and »Saalbau Friedrichshain«.
Berlin's Luna Park apparently staged more than that 1926 one Schmeling bout, as Pete Sanstol's career record includes three bouts at that venue in the mid-1920s.
Ric wrote:Friedie, what about Luna Park, Berlin?
Schmeling fought there early on (mid-20s, I believe).
What do you know about IT'S history?
hi ric,
the "Luna Park" was only an amusement-park. to my knowledge only one (open-air) boxing-match took place there: in august, 1926 max schmeling won the german lightheavyweight championship against max dieckmann. schmeling knocked his opponent out in only 30 seconds !
the crowd was about 4.000 spectators.
8)
The ring in the Lunapark as well as the one at Zirkus Busch at Monbijou Park were venues of the 20ies. Venues in Berlin of the 30ies where the »Spichernsäle« in Spichernstraße, the »Neue Welt« in Hasenheide, the »Bockbrauerei«, a beer garden of a brewery, the »Tennishalle« and »Saalbau Friedrichshain«.
Here's a link to a 1935 bout between Pete Sanstol and Hans Schiller, at Berlin's Spichnernring venue.
Richmond Hill Arena, Richmond Hills, Queens NY. Used for boxing at least as far back as 1940's if not more and my father reffed boxing matches there in the 1980's.
The Paul Sauvé Arena was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, in its Rosemont district at the corner of Beaubien Street and Boulevard Pie-IX. Built in 1960 and demolished in 1996, the arena had a capacity of 4,000 people. I saw several good boxing cards there featuring local Quebec boxers like Fernand Marcotte and Gaetan Hart.
Originally built in 1822 as the Corn Exchange, before being remodeled in the early 1880s to become the Public Hall, held around 3,300 people. Was last used in 1972 for the Guild celebrations as the Guild Hall was yet to be completed, then lay unused until 1989, when it was demolished. Only the pillars at the front of the building survived after being bought, last being used at the Gibbon Bridge in Chipping as part of a wedding orangery. The site is now taken up by a pub, the lettering on the building says Corn Exchange, but most people know it as The Assembly, and a statue commemorating the shooting of striking workers outside the building during the general strike of 1842, although the statue only shows three being shot, 4 died and at least 4 more were injured.
I remember driving to Manhattan in the 1960's from Westchester and my father pointing out an old ship in the river, possible WW1 that he said was used for boxing matches in the 1930's and he boxed there. Does anyone know of this ship?
John
There are a few London ones such as the Pitfield Street Baths in Hoxton, Alcazar in Edmonton, Ilford Skating Ring, White City Stadium, Assumption Bethnal Green, Drill Hall Bethnal Green, shoreditch Town hall.
There seemed to a few in local public baths
BTW Does this thread include venues of the olde-tyme Boxers of the Broughton Days ?
The reason I arsk is because the other day I was looking through a book about The REGENCY period in England
(1811-1820 ) although some include the period up to 1830-37.
and there was an interesting old painting re-printed in it entitled
SPARRING AT FIVE COURTS, ST. MARTIN'S STREET (London)by T. Blake
The painting showed two men in the ring posed (wearing gloves)
one is in an ordthodox stance and the other in a southpaw stance
touching gloves.
there is a crowd of very well dressed men and a black boxer at ring-side.
Im guessing this painting is from around ca. 1820
but I cant not find an image of it so far on the inter-net to link it here.
Didn't know that the Fives Courts was such an important boxing venue
(anyone here ever mention the place earlier)
It was open from 1802 until 1826 when it closed,it is now under Trafalgar Square it appears.
Caractacus wrote: ↑14 Dec 2018, 17:38
Didn't know that the Fives Courts was such an important boxing venue
(anyone here ever mention the place earlier)
It was open from 1802 until 1826 when it closed,it is now under Trafalgar Square it appears.
quote=Ric post
Folks sometimes inquire as to where exactly certain boxing venues of the past were located. Here, we offer an ever-growing list of former venues.
We begin with New York: the Mecca of professional boxing since the early 1900s....
Great list! I've actually been at some of those old NYC places, like Sunnyside Gradens, and read about and seen pictures of a lot more of them, like the Dykman Oval, and some I really really wish I could have been at, like Luna Park!
yeah, you should list the known addresse's of some of the more older venues.
( but a lot of times the streets and Avenues have been re-named
since particularly in the larger cities.)
Association Club 1905-1923 (Al Young closed to lease National Hall in 1923)
National Hall was 1923 to 1940 (with owner Al Young's death)
old Dreamland Rink 1906-1927 & new Dreamland Pavilion/Auditorium 1928-1938, then it became Winterland Ice Arena & Bill Graham held concerts there into the 70s.
594594 wrote: ↑01 Jan 2023, 15:43
San Francisco boxing venues info:
Association Club 1905-1923 (Al Young closed to lease National Hall in 1923)
National Hall was 1923 to 1940 (with owner Al Young's death)
old Dreamland Rink 1906-1927 & new Dreamland Pavilion/Auditorium 1928-1938, then it became Winterland Ice Arena & Bill Graham held concerts there into the 70s.
