US EditionBrothers bring boxing back to Fenway after 70 years and hope to revitalize the sport in Boston
- Twin brothers Mark and Matt Nolan, longtime Boston teachers, are organizing Fight Night at Fenway, returning boxing to Fenway Park on Saturday night with an 11-fight card.
- They obtained their license last year after years of trying to revive boxing, noting Fenway last hosted a fight nearly 70 years ago in 1956 when Tony DeMarco won.
- The Nolans run a Waltham boxing gym where everyone trains regardless of pay and expanded from amateur coaching to professional shows five years ago amid concerns over unfair matches and pay.
- Undefeated headliner Thomas O’Toole, a fighter from Ireland, and Massachusetts-born Lexi Bolduc, competing in her fourth pro fight, highlight a card aiming for competitive, well-matched bouts.
- This event honors Boston’s rich boxing history, reconnects Fenway with diverse sports uses, and suggests a potential revitalization of boxing in the city’s most historic venue.
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Boxing returns to Fenway Park after 70 years, with hopes to revitalize the sport in Boston - Washington Examiner
For the first time in nearly 70 years, boxing is returning to Boston’s famed Fenway Park. The 11-fight card is the culmination of years of effort by twin brothers and longtime public schoolteachers who grew up in Watertown and want to revitalize boxing in the city that was home to some of the greatest athletes in the sport’s history. It’s also symbolic of a shift back to the roots of the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball, to when it wasn’…
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Boxing returns to Fenway Park after 70 years, with hopes to revitalize the sport in Boston
For the first time in nearly 70 years, boxing is returning to Boston’s famed Fenway Park. The 11-fight card is the culmination of years of effort by twin brothers and longtime public schoolteachers who grew up in Watertown and want…
Idaho Press
Brothers bring boxing back to Fenway after 70 years and hope to revitalize the sport in Boston
BOSTON (AP) — For the first time in nearly 70 years, boxing is returning to Boston's famed Fenway Park.
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