Boxing from Sunnyside Gardens

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Boxing from Sunnyside Gardens
Genre Sports
Starring Dennis James
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time90/120 minutes
Release
Original network DuMont
Original releaseSeptember 1949 (1949-09) 
1950 (1950)

Boxing From Sunnyside Gardens was a boxing program aired live from Sunnyside Gardens in Queens, New York on the DuMont Television Network beginning in September 1949 as part of DuMont's sports programming. Most of DuMont's boxing programs at this time were hosted by Dennis James. The program aired Thursdays at 9:30pm ET following The Morey Amsterdam Show . Sunnyside Gardens began hosting boxing in 1945, and was demolished in 1977.

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Preservation status

The UCLA Film and Television Archive has several episodes labeled as Boxing With Dennis James but it is unclear if this series is among those held by UCLA. [1]

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