[New post] White Hart Lane previously hosted Chris Eubank’s heartbreaking fight and a Frank Bruno win, but will now welcome Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk after being rebuilt as Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Michael Benson posted: " Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk will be the first boxing match to take place at White Hart Lane since the ground was rebuilt and reopened as the new 'Tottenham Hotspur Stadium' in 2019. The modern venue will no doubt provide an entirely differe"
Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk will be the first boxing match to take place at White Hart Lane since the ground was rebuilt and reopened as the new 'Tottenham Hotspur Stadium' in 2019.
The modern venue will no doubt provide an entirely different atmosphere to previous bouts which took place on the same site.
Joshua will defend his heavyweight titles at Spurs
The first of these was an event staged on July 31, 1922.
Details are sparse regarding the show, however a British Pathe clip reveals that the fights at White Hart Lane were London's first ever open-air boxing contests.
Bloomfield vs Lloyd and Seaman Hall vs Rossi were the main bouts on the bill, with 7,000 fans witnessing victories for Bloomfield and Seaman Hall.
There was also some slapstick comedy boxing in between the real fights.
Twenty years later, in war-time on June 20, 1942, Freddie Mills beat Len Harvey for the British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles in front of 30,000 at White Hart Lane.
Not long after the end of the war, on July 17, 1945, boxing again returned to the Lane with Bruce Woodcock beating Jack London for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles.
It took a further 42 years for the next big fight to take place at Tottenham.
On October 24, 1987, Eddie Hearn's father Barry Hearn staged his first major Matchroom Boxing event when he organised for hugely popular heavyweight Frank Bruno to collide with Joe Bugner.
A huge crowd attended White Hart Lane for boxing in 1945
"My biggest memory is that I didn't know what I was doing," Hearn admitted years later on Setanta.
"I put together this show, somehow I nicked Frank Bruno from underneath Mickey Duff's eyes, my timing was immaculate.
"I'm in a Chinese restaurant in Southend talking to my wife and saying, 'I fancy this boxing. I want to do a big one.'
"She said, 'If you're gonna do it, do it.'
Barry Hearn staged Bruno vs Bugner at Tottenham, now Eddie Hearn will follow in his father's footsteps
"I went, 'I'll show you, I've got his [Bugner's] number.'
"I went to the restaurant waitress and said, 'Can I borrow your phone?'
"She thought I was phoning a taxi, I dialled Melbourne.
"I said, 'Joe, it's Barry Hearn. I want you to come to England and fight Frank Bruno. You got $10,000 for your last fight. I'll give you £250,000.'
"He said, 'What plane do you want me on, mate?'"
Eubank vs Watson ended in sad circumstances
And so 40,000+ packed White Hart Lane to see the Brit win by stoppage.
Hearn enjoyed his first successful big boxing night so much he returned to White Hart Lane four years later.
This time, though, the experience was very different.
A Chris Eubank vs Michael Watson rematch filled the ground again on September 21, 1991.
After 11 brutal rounds Watson was ahead on points and floored Eubank, only for Eubank to recover and win by knockout in the following round.
Watson collapsed after the fight and, with no ambulance or paramedic at the event due to negligent rules at the time, suffered far greater brain injuries than he would've done otherwise.
Eubank broke down on TV discussing the situation earlier this year.
"I can't tell you how sorry I am. It's the only regret in my career," Eubank told Piers Morgan's Life Stories as he broke down.
Watson was in the audience for the interview and he told Eubank: "It's okay, let's move on in life. Peace and love, that's all in the past."
AJ visited the new Spurs stadium last month
No boxing event took place at the stadium after Eubank vs Watson.
Now, 20 years on, boxing will again return to Tottenham.
Joshua faces no easy task defending his heavyweight belts against former undisputed king Usyk.
Whatever the outcome, history will be made in north London on September 25.
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