Boxing Coming To The Bronx

From the AP:

Boxing is making its long-awaited return to Yankee Stadium, where icons like Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis once plied their trade.

WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman will defend his title against former welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on June 5 at the year-old ballpark in the Bronx, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told The Associated Press late Thursday night.

Arum promoted the final bout at the old Yankee Stadium across 161st Street when Muhammad Ali fought Ken Norton on Sept. 28, 1976. Arum had approached the club several times over the past three decades about staging another event, but George Steinbrenner and club brass had always been tepid about erecting a ring and seating on the immaculate infield grass.

"We have a preliminary agreement with them. Nothing has been signed or finalized," Yankees chief operating officer Lonn Trost told AP, calling the deal subject to approval from team higher-ups. "We do plan, if things go well, to have it on June 5."

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"This is a crowning achievement in my career, to do the last fight in '76 and the first fight at the new stadium in 2010," Arum said by phone from Los Angeles. "You can't imagine how good it makes me feel, how special it makes me feel. This is a great thing for my legacy."

The article also mentions that tickets for the event will run from $50 to $400 for ringside seats, and that the stadium will be configured to sit between 30,000-35,000 fans. Should be a cool event.