PHILLY BOXING HISTORY

  

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MUNICIPAL STADIUM MAIN EVENTS

 
       
 

1926 - (2 shows)   

   
 

June 17, 1926

Tommy Loughran W10 Georges Carpentier

Attendance: 30,000*
Promoter: Herman Taylor & Bobby Gunnis

 
       
 

September 23, 1926

Gene Tunney W10 Jack Dempsey

Attendance: 120,757
Promoter: Tex Rickard

 
       
 

1927 - (1 show)    

   
 

September 12, 1927

Bennie Bass W10 Red Chapman

Attendance: 14,114 / $62,961
Promoter: Herman Taylor & Bobby Gunnis

 
       
 

1928 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1929 - (3 shows)    

   
 

June 17, 1929

Leo Lomski W10 Matt Adgie

Attendance: 15,000*
Promoter: Joe Kennedy

 
       
 

August 19, 1929

Mickey Walker W10 Leo Lomski

Attendance: 25,000*
Promoter: Joe Kennedy

 
       
 

September 24, 1929

Eddie Reed KO1 Johnny Jadick

Attendance: "...handful of customers"
Promoter: ?

 
       
 

1930 - (1 show)     

   
 

June 11, 1930

Ernie Schaff W10 Tommy Loughran

Attendance: 11,180
Promoter: Pete Tyrell

 
       
 

1931 - (1 show)     

   
 

May 27, 1931

Billy Jones TKO2 Willard Dix

Attendance: ?
Promoter: ?

 
       
 

1932 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1933 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1934 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1935 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1936 - (1 show)     

   
 

September 22, 1936

Joe Louis KO5 Al Ettore

Attendance: 40,407
Promoter: Herman Taylor & Bobby Gunnis

 
       
 

1937 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1938 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1939 - (1 show)     

   
 

September 15, 1939

Tony Galento TKO14 Lou Nova

Attendance: 18,000
Promoter:
Mike Jacobs & Herman Taylor

 
       
 

1940 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1941 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1942 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1943 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1944 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1945 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1946 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1947 - (1 show)     

   
 

August 4, 1947

Ike Williams TKO6 Bob Montgomery (II)

Attendance: 30,501
Promoter: Herman Taylor

 
       
 

1948 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1949 - (1 show)     

   
 

July 11, 1949

Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Kid Gavilan

Attendance: 27,805
Promoter: Pete Tyrell

 
       
 

1950 - (1 show)     

   
 

June 5, 1950

Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Robert Villemain

Attendance: 22,004
Promoter: Phil Glassman

 
       
 

1951 - (No shows)

   
       
 

1952 - (3 shows)    

   
 

June 5, 1952

Jersey Joe Walcott W15 Ezzard Charles

Attendance: 21,599
Promoter: Herman Taylor

 
       
 

July 7, 1952

Kid Gavilan TKO11 Gil Turner

Attendance: 39,025
Promoter: Herman Taylor

 
       
 

September 23, 1952

Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott

Attendance: 40,379
Promoter: James D. Norris & Herman Taylor

 
       
       
 

* Attendance figures marked with an asterisk are estimates taken from newspaper reports and are not exact.

 
       
 

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