Significance of Fighting For Heavyweight Title At Madison Square Garden?

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  1. Italian Stallion

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    Seems like fighting for the Heavyweight Title at the Garden in the old days was a big deal. It's said only a selection of boxers get to go that far. Quarry and Shavers did it among others. Who else significant can you think of?
     
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    Good one! Missed that. Might have been the highlight of Buster's career.
     
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    Buster didn't do too bad in that fight really did he, but wouldn't have mattered how he played it, Smoke was always going to get him eventually.
     
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    Also: Jameel McCline fought there but not in a main event.
     
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    Actually, McCline fought Samuel Peter for the vacant WBC interim title at MSG. It's the one fight card I've been to at Madison Square Garden.

    The Frazier-Mathis & Benvenuti-Griffith card was the inaugural card at the current MSG.
     
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    Let's see... from memory, those not mentioned yet (current location) -
    Lewis-Holyfield I
    Holmes-Weaver
    Frazier-Ramos
    Frazier-Ellis
    Bowe-Dokes
    Ruiz-Joshua I
    W Klitschko-Brock
    W Klitschko-Ibragimov
    V Klitschko-Johnson

    Y'know... going through reigns in my mind, I'm surprised at how few heavyweight title bouts were fought there. Lots of significant non-title bouts happened, as did title bouts in other divisions. Duran won two of his titles there.

    And if we go back to previous locations, there's a rich history of heavyweight title bouts at the Garden.
     
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    Great post, Double S
     
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    Nice! Thanks for your input! Considering that MSG is the Mecca & that the current location hasn’t had many HW title fights, do you believe fighting in the main event for a HW title is extra special for a fighter, win or lose?
     
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