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April 4, 2012
Golden Gloves coming to Barclays instead of Madison Square Garden
The Brooklyn Paper
by Daniel Bush
The soon-to-open Barclays Center snagged the Golden Gloves amateur boxing finals from Madison Square Garden, dealing its world-famous rival in Manhattan a big blow in the budding rivalry between the two high-profile arenas.
The nation’s best young boxers will slug it out at the $1-billion arena on Flatbush and Atlantic avenues next year instead of at the aging but recently-rehabbed Manhattan venue — marking the first time in the contest’s 86-year history that fighters won’t take their corners in the squared circle at Madison Square Garden, officials at Barclays announced on Tuesday.
Posted by eric at April 4, 2012 12:12 PM