"The Boxing Match" - Kenner, LA
N 29° 58.366 W 090° 14.805
15R E 765667 N 3318958
Sculpture located in the Rivertown area of Kenner marking the spot where the first heavyweight prize fight took place in the U.S.
Waymark Code: WM7QYY
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2009
Views: 6
Marker plaque text reads:
In the predawn hours of May 10, 1870, a crowd of about 1,000 people left the New Orleans Jackson Street Railroad Station for Kennerville. There, in a makeshift ring in the back of William Butler Kenner's old sugar house, about 100 yards from the Mississippi River, Jed Mace of Beestown, Norwich, England beat Tom Allen of Birmingham, England in 10 rounds. The prize for the bare knuckle event was $2,500, winner take all"
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: The Boxing Match
Figure Type: Human
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1988
Location: Rivertown Cannes Brulees Park
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Not listed
Materials used: Not listed
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