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Who will be bloodied at Boardwalk Hall?
ATLANTIC CITY — I’ve heard several folks from back home express their dislike of having the Atlantic 10 tournament in Atlantic City and especially of playing the games at Boardwalk Hall.
They say it’s dark, cavernous, dingy, ancient.
As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and for me, I like this grand old place.
I love the high ceilings, the stage curtain with that large ship riding across tossing seas, and, of course, having the famed boardwalk and the ocean right outside.
The place opened in 1929 and has been home to everything from the Miss America pageant, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to college football games, the 1964 Democratic National Convention and thousands of other events.
My favorite memories though are of the big-time prizefights I’ve covered here over the years.
This is where I watched Michael Spinks dispatch of Gerry Cooney in five rounds in 1987 and George Foreman do the same in two rounds three years later.
It’s where I saw Evander Holyfield decision Foreman in 12 and where I saw Mike Tyson at his scariest in the ring.
He was still the invincible destroyer when I saw him knock aside Larry Holmes here in 1988. Soon after, I watched him obliterate Michael Spinks here in 91 seconds, then Carl “The Truth” Williams in 93.
More than anything, Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall has always been a good place to watch somebody get punched in the nose.
Now I’m wondering who will end of bloodied here Friday night, Dayton or Xavier?
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That place may be ok for fights, Miss America pageants, football games, and Democratic conventions - but not hoops. It is like playing in a museum.