Boxing returns to Fenway Park after 70 years, with hopes to revitalize the sport in Boston

For the first time in nearly 70 years, boxing is returning to Boston’s famed Fenway Park.

The 11-fight card is the culmination of years of effort by twin brothers and longtime public schoolteachers who grew up in Watertown and want to revitalize boxing in the city that was home to some of the greatest athletes in the sport’s history.

It’s also symbolic of a shift back to the roots of the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball, to when it wasn’t just used for Red Sox games but for other sports and political events.

“Most people’s experience there is solely related to baseball,” said Richard Johnson, Fenway expert and curator at The Sports Museum in Boston. “But the fact is that this year, you can see an event that’ll be

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