saw MORE fights at MSG than ANY other man.

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  1. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have seen more fights at MSG than any man in history....i saw them all.
    who was I ?
     
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  2. SLAKKA

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    teddy brenner
     
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  3. hhascup

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    This could be several people such as Teddy Brenner or Johnny Addie.

    If you want to go back some to the old MSG, Damon Runyon or even Mike Jacobs.
     
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  4. burt bienstock

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    nope hh. My guy saw more bouts in his lifetime than Brenner and Johnnie Addie combined...At MSG...
     
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  5. john garfield

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    Bet, between '45 'n the close, I could give anyone a run for his money at the ol' Garden.
     
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  6. hhascup

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    Joe Humphreys or Nat Fleischer
     
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  7. burt bienstock

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    No not joe humphreys...He saw even more fights, but was not as vocal...
     
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  8. hhascup

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    Budd Schulberg, Paul Gallico, Damon Runyon and AJ Liebling all covered the fights at MSG for years.
     
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  9. burt bienstock

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    None of the above...he saw aout every card for over FIFTY years at MSG. in the 1940s i would hear his name like clockwork...
     
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  10. john garfield

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    Is "clockwork" a clue, bb? Is it a timekeeper?
     
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  11. burt bienstock

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    jg, you got my hint..Now who was the guy ?
     
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  12. hhascup

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    Again, I don't think anyone really knows the answer to this one for sure. Sam Taub and Jimmy Cannon are some others that come to mind. Really the answer would have to be someone who worked at the Garden for 50 years or more
     
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  13. john garfield

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    George Bannon ?
     
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  14. hhascup

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    George Bannon
     
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  15. burt bienstock

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    george bannon it is jg..george bannon was the official timekeeper at the second MSG from about 1900 to the early 1950s...Over 50 years he was
    working at MSG 2 and MSG 3 working the prelims and main events...i remember so vividly the announcer at the Garden in the 1940s,saying
    to the crowd," counting for the knockdowns, George Bannon " etc..
    He was timekeeper from the time of terry mcGovern to willie Pep..
    the announcers of the 1940s at MSG was Harry Balogh and later on the
    ringing voice of johnnie Addie..Stay well...b.b.
     
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