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Baker, Mark Allen, author.

Between the ropes at Madison Square Garden : the history of an iconic boxing ring, 1925-2007 / Mark Allen Baker.

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

x, 315 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y. : 1890-1926) -- History.

Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) -- History.

Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y. : 1968- ) -- History.

Boxing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-306) and index.

The Early Years of New York City Boxing, 1871-1889 Madison Square Garden II, 1890-1919 Rickard's Roost, 1920-1924 City Ring, 1925 until January 6, 1929 Dealing with the Loss, January 7, 1929-1934 Depression-Era Boxing, 1935-1939 World War II and a City Ring, 1940-1945 So, Where Were We? 1946-1949 The Marciano Era, 1950-1955 Exercising Control, 1956-1959 A Cloud of Uncertainty, 1960-1962 "I Must Be the Greatest," 1963-1967 In the Eye of the Storm, 1968-1969 New York City Serenade, 1970-1976 Fade Away, 1977-1978 Your Kingdom Come, 1979-1985 Iron Mike, 1986-1990 Comfortably Numb, 1991-1996 Captain Hook, 1997-2002 The Final Rounds, 2003-2007 Retirement, September 19, 2007

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