The Entryway of the Archie Moore Training Headquarters at the Meadowbrook Arena

ID: 484 ~ Source: Courtesy of the North Adams Historical Society.
This file appears in: Meadowbrook Arena and Ballroom
The Entryway of the Archie Moore Training Headquarters at the Meadowbrook Arena

Moore trained in North Adams in preparation for his September 1955 bout with Rocky Marciano.

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.…