Which British football stadiums have hel
Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora will provide the latest addition to a long legacy of boxing matches in British football stadiums when they meet at the home of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.Past and present stadiums have staged ma sive fights, from Spurs' neighbours Arsenal and the home of the England team at Wembley, to huge venues in Scotland and Wales.Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Fury and Chisora themselves are among the names to have stepped inside rings in the centre of pitches.The Sporting Newstakes a look at some of the blockbuster events to have taken place acro s almost a century of action.MORE: Since opening in April 2019, Tottenham's impre sive new home has hosted one boxing event the bout between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk in September 2021.Relative heavyweight newcomer Usyk earned a masterful points victory over home fighter Joshua, taking four belts off the two-time unified king in a result his Elias Lindholm Jersey victim could not quite avenge in their rematch in Saudi Arabia in August 2022.Tottenham's former stadium of White Hart Lane also laid on a boxing match when legendary fighters Frank Bruno and Joe Bugner clashed in 1987, resulting in an eighth-round knockout win for Bruno. When he was asked about his dream fight venue in 2019, Fury did not hesitate in naming the largest ground in the Premier League."It would be Old Trafford," he told . "I've always wanted to box there and, hopefully, one day that dream will come true. I'm a homegrown Manchester man. I always go down there to watch games."I'd love to fight there one day and I know they'd love to have me. It's all about timing and so far it's not been available on that day or there have been TV commitments. Some day, it will happen." Some stadiums, such as the former Ninian Park and current Principality Stadium in Cardiff, have repeatedly held boxing matches in front of enormous audiences.Others, including Arsenal's former home of Highbury, have only held one bout, while some venues hold special significance for the fighters involved, such as Elland Road (for Leeds United fanatic Josh Warrington) and Goodison Park (for Everton obse sive Tony Bellew).Here's 12 significant fights that took place in British football grounds:StadiumFootball clubFight (winner in bold)DateNinian Park, Cardiff*Cardiff CityJack Petersen vs. Heine MullerMay 15, 1933Highbury, London*ArsenalMuhammed Ali vs.Henry CooperMay 21, 1966Ibrox, GlasgowRangersJim Watt vs.Howard David Rittich Jersey Davis JrJune 7, 1980White Hart Lane, London*Tottenham HotspurFrank Bruno vs. Joe BugnerOct. 24, 1987Old Trafford, ManchesterManchester UnitedNigel Benn vs. Chris Eubank**Oct.9, 1993Hampden Park, GlasgowScotlandMike Tyson vs. Lou SavareseJune 24, 2000City of Manchester Stadium, ManchesterManchester CityRicky Hatton vs.Juan LazcanoMay 24, 2008Upton Park, London*West Ham UnitedDavid Haye vs. Derek ChisoraJuly 14, 2012Goodison Park, LiverpoolEvertonTony Bellew vs. Ilunga MakabuMay 29, 2016Bramall Lane, SheffieldSheffield UnitedKell Brook vs. Errol Spence JrMay Theoren Fleury Women Jersey 27,2017Elland Road, LeedsLeeds UnitedJosh Warrington vs. Lee SelbyMay 19, 2018Principality Stadium, CardiffWalesAnthony Joshua vs. Joseph ParkerMar. 31, 2018* Denotes stadium no longer in use** Split draw From Ali to Wladimir Klitschko, England's national stadium has shone the spotlight on boxing royalty and hosted several thrilling contests during its deployment as a home for some of the most heavily attended fight nights in history.Jack Petersen vs. Walter Neusel (June 25, 1935)Welsh boxing great Peterson had already fought in front of 70,000 people at the former White City Stadium in London by the time his trilogy with German nemesis Neusel visited Wembley Stadium for its second edition.Peterson had retired against Neusel in the 11th round when they first met at Wembley Arena in February 1935, and their slugfest at the stadium exhausted both men before the two-time British heavyweight champion was pulled out by his father in the 10th round. He later lost to Neusel again in another epic.Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper (June 18, 1963)As a 21-year-old, Ali had not been born when Wembley Stadium last hosted a boxing match and the Olympic gold medalist offered some typically scorching words about Cooper before retracting his description of the Londoner as a "bum" in the immediate aftermath of their legendary fight.Cooper came agonisingly close to ending Ali's unbeaten record at the time, knocking his vaunted opponent down in the fourth in a beating that left trainer Angelo Dundee desperately trying to rouse Ali in his corner at the end of the round. Crushingly, Cooper could not fight on in the fifth because there was blood pouring from his left eye, but he had gained abundant respect from Ali in one of the toughest of the revered American's wins.MORE:Tim Witherspoon vs. Frank Bruno (July 19, 1986)Cooper and Ali were part of the 40,000 crowd at the stadium 23 years later, when Bruno's best chance of beating Witherspoon centred upon his American opponent's visible paunch and reputation for partying. Witherspoon denied he had not taken the fight seriously enough and certainly had enough conditioning to respond in ruthle s fashion when Bruno attempted to knock him out in the 11th round.The 28-year-old duly knocked out the home favourite to retain his WBA heavyweight title and send the majority of the crowd po sibly Theoren Fleury Jersey not including Ali away heartbroken.Tim Witherspoon and Frank Bruno 36MINUTESBOXING (@36MinutesBoxing) Oliver McCall vs. Frank Bruno (September 2, 1995)This was another night with a link to the nearby arena: McCall had knocked out Lennox Lewis in the second round at the smaller venue to win the WBC title the previous year, and arrived at the stadium hoping to make it fourth time unlucky in title fights for Bruno.Bruno built a sizeable lead in the opening half of the fight against an opponent hoping he would tire, which proved true as McCall provided an onslaught in the latter rounds that was not enough to finish Bruno, who took a UD victory. Unluckily for Bruno, the win guaranteed him a date with Mike Tyson in the States six months later, and he lost in the third round in what proved to be his final fight.Carl Froch vs. George Groves (May 31, 2014)The first boxing match at the new Wembley Stadium, which opened in 2007, was the result of a marketing mastercla s: Froch had contentiously beaten Groves in Al MacInnis Women Jersey an arena fight the previous November, but the theatrical animosity between the pair tempted 80,000 fans to the rematch.British hall-of-famer Froch brutally knocked out hugely talented upstart Groves with the final punch of his superb career in round eight. The self-aggrandising Froch famously l
- Art
- Causes
- Crafts
- Dance
- Drinks
- Film
- Fitness
- Food
- Games
- Gardening
- Health
- Home
- Literature
- Music
- Networking
- Other
- Party
- Religion
- Shopping
- Sports
- Theater
- Wellness