Photo of Sam Baroudi vs. Newton Smith boxing match at Meadowbrook Arena, August 15, 1947

ID: 483 ~ Source: North Adams Transcript, August 17, 1948.
This file appears in: Meadowbrook Arena and Ballroom
Photo of Sam Baroudi vs. Newton Smith boxing match at Meadowbrook Arena, August 15, 1947

After the match, Smith died from complications caused by massive brain trauma. In a strange twist of fate, Baroudi was killed in the ring less than a year later by Ezzard Charles.

This file appears in: Meadowbrook Arena and Ballroom

By Eli Ritosky
Meadowbrook was an outdoor ballroom and boxing arena built in 1922 by William Craven and William Kelly of North Adams, and Wilfred Guerin of Adams. During their ownership of Meadowbrook, they hosted both musical performances and boxing matches.…