Five of the biggest fights to take place at Madison Square Garden

Topping the bill is the mouthwatering super lightweight title clash between Teofimo Lopez  and Shakur Stevenson , who steps up in a bid to become a four-weight world champion.

The famous New York venue has hosted some of the biggest fights in the history of the sport to earn the title of ‘The Mecca of Boxing’.

Ahead of this weekend’s stacked card, DAZN News looks back at some of the biggest fights to take place at ‘The Garden’.

Sugar Ray Robinson W-UD Jake LaMotta (1942)

One of boxing’s greatest rivalries began with the first of six bouts between the pair in 1942.

Robinson was only a 21-year-old and conceding over 12 pounds to the local fighter, but he was still able to register a unanimous decision victory.

Despite being dropped in the first round, Robinson used his speed and superior skills to outbox his bigger opponent for a famous win.

The pair went on to box another five times, and Robinson dominated the rivalry to the tune of five wins to one.

Rocky Marciano W-TKO8 Joe Louis (1951)

Louis had famously ruled the heavyweight division for 11 years, but he was 37 and past his best when he met a 28-year-old Marciano.

Marciano looked up to Louis when growing up, but he showed his older rival no mercy in a dominant and destructive performance.

The knockout merchant from Brockton, Massachusetts, dropped his man twice in the eighth round, including knocking him between the ropes and almost out of the ring in a devastating end to the bout.

Marciano went on to become champion of the world and ended his career with a perfect record of 49-0.

Joe Frazier W-UD Muhammed Ali (1971)

Arguably the most anticipated contest in the history of the sport, the whole world was watching ‘The Fight of the Century’ when the two unbeaten superstars met each other.

Former champion of the world, Ali was having only his third fight back after his three-and-a-half-year exile and was challenging the new ruler of the division in Frazier.

It was Ali’s skills against the power of the shorter man in Frazier, who constantly applied relentless pressure and famously dropped the challenger with a thunderous left hook in the 15th and final round.

That was enough to earn Frazier a unanimous decision victory and the initial bragging rights over his bitter rival, although Ali went on to win the remaining two bouts in their historical trilogy.

Lennox Lewis D-SD Evander Holyfield (1999)

Both men had won back their heavyweight titles and entered the ring as champions for this undisputed contest that the boxing world had been calling for.

Lewis appeared to control much of the fight behind his excellent jab as Holyfield struggled to get inside, where he did his best work.

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The result seemed a formality after 12 rounds, but the judges had other ideas, with each fighter getting one verdict apiece and British judge Larry O’Connell scoring it a draw.

They rematched eight months later in Las Vegas, and despite the return appearing to be closer than the first encounter, Lewis got the verdict on all three scorecards to claim all three major belts.

Bernard Hopkins W-TKO12 Felix Trinidad (2001)

Emotions were running high for this middleweight unification contest, which signalled the return of boxing to New York in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

As an undefeated three-weight world champion, Trinidad was the favourite ahead of the bout, but Hopkins was able to negate the infamous power of the Puerto Rican and outbox his man for large periods.

Ahead on all three scorecards going into the last round, Hopkins dropped and stopped Trinidad in the final session to claim a famous victory against the odds.

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