St. Nicholas Area

[APerno]

I was unaware that St. Nicholas Area was such a boxing Mecca. I knew it existed, but WOW!

From Wiki:

The Rink was a boxing venue from 1906 until May 28, 1962, the date of the last main event. Upon its demise, it was reported that more than 30,000 fights had been staged here. (Others estimate 10,000, to 15,000, to 20,000.) Accounts in The New York Times report that boxing greats Jack Johnson, Jess Willard, Kid Chocolate and Rocky Graziano fought there; the future heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson fought his first professional match there in 1952. On one of the final fight cards, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) stopped Billy Daniels by seventh-round TKO on May 19, 1962, nine days before The Rink closed its doors for good. The last TV series on the DuMont network was Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena which went off the air August 6, 1956.

In a 1960 episode called "The Big Tall Wish" of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone the venue of a fictional boxing match was a "St. Nick's Arena".


Boxrec records fights from the area as early as 1911 and claims that 1,360 events were staged. The list of fighters is impressive.

Trivia: Where is the location of Charly Burley's only New York, NY appearance?

.http://boxrec.com/en/venue/40156

[evrenb]

I think Dumont broadcast there from 1954 to 1956....many of the broadcasts still exist.

[Ambling Alp II]

I think there were multiple cards held there every week for many years. (Keep in mind that Madison Square Garden was around and other venues nearby) . I believe it was featured in "Requiem for a Heavyweight", if I am thinking of the right movie.