Yankee Stadium May Host Boxing Match

A boxing match between Yuri Foreman, the 154-pound World Boxing Association champion, and Miguel Cotto may be fought at Yankee Stadium. The match is currently set to take place at Madison Square Garden on June 12, but according to the New York Times, boxing promotor Bob Arum wants to move the match to Yankee Stadium in order to accommodate more fans. 

The Yankees and Arum are discussing the possibility of moving the bout to June 5 if the Yankees can reschedule a bar mitzvah that is planned to be held at Yankee Stadium on that day. 

Arum told the Huffington Post, ”The Yankees want to make a deal, we know we can make a deal, they’re just working through a problem at Yankee Stadium, but you wouldn’t believe it if I told you. They’ve leased out some lounges for this bar mitzvah and part of the deal was for a half hour or so, they could use the big screen in center field to show pictures and all that sort of stuff. Obviously you can’t do that if there’s fights going on.”