MEMORABLE FIGHTS AT NEW YORK?S YANKEE STADIUM
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 05 Jun 2010
As fight fans around the world eagerly look forward to an intriguing light middleweight title fight between WBA champion Yuri Foreman and former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto this Sunday, Manila Time at the state-of-the-art Yankee Stadium in New York, Filipinos will get a chance to watch the slightly delayed telecast on ABS-CBN?S Studio 23.
It was over 33 years ago that Muhammad Ali scored a controversial unanimous decision over Ken Norton in the third fight of a very close trilogy where Norton broke Ali?s jaw en route to victory in their first meeting in San Diego and Ali came back to win the rematch also in a close fight.
As fight fans wait for the Foreman-Cotto showdown, we look back in time to some of the memorable fights at the old Yankee Stadium as recalled by CompuBox on boxingscene.com.
As the boxing world approaches the first fight in Yankee Stadium in 33-years, CompuBox puts together a list which outlines some of the most memorable fights in the history of New York's Yankee Stadium. This Saturday the tradition continues. Miguel Cotto, a former champion at 140 and 147, moves up in weight to challenge undefeated WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman.
MEMORABLE FIGHTS AT YANKEE STADIUM
7/23/23 -- Benny Leonard W 15 Lew Tendler II
9/21/25 -- Mickey Walker W 15 Dave Shade
6/12/30 -- Max Schmeling WF 4 Jack Sharkey I
6/22/38 -- Joe Louis KO 1 Max Schmeling II
8/22/39 -- Lou Ambers W 15 Henry Armstrong II
9/27/46 -- Tony Zale KO 6 Rocky Graziano I
6/25/48 -- Joe Louis KO 11 Jersey Joe Walcott II
9/8/50 -- Sandy Saddler KO 8 Willie Pep III
6/25/52 -- Joey Maxim KO 14 Sugar Ray Robinson
6/17/54 -- Rocky Marciano W 15 Ezzard Charles I
9/17/54 -- Rocky Marciano KO 8 Ezzard Charles II
9/21/55 -- Rocky Marciano KO 9 Archie Moore
9/23/57 -- Carmen Basilio W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson I
6/26/59 -- Ingemar Johansson KO 3 Floyd Patterson I
9/28/76 -- Muhammad Ali W 15 Ken Norton III
Top photo: Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling.
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