Hi Glenn,
The Coney Island Athletic Club (also known as the Coney Island Sporting Club) opened in 1897 in the former Bauer's Casino bathhouse. The 10,000 seat barn-like building was located between Surf Avenue and the ocean at West 8th Street where the New York Aquarium parking lot is now located. The Jim Jeffries vs.Tom Sharkey heavyweight bout, fought at the club on November 3, 1899, was the first fight ever filmed.
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Charles L. Henderson
Is this the building that later became the Henderson Bowl owned by Charles L. Henderson in the 1920s?
Jeffries vs Sharkey fight
This was not the first fight ever filmed. The first heavyweight championship bout filmed was 1897 when Corbett fought Fitzsimmons.
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