Five spars at the Spurs: Tottenham's ground has been staging big boxing matches for almost a century, such as Frank Bruno winning the first big fight promoted by Barry Hearn and Michael Watson's tragic defeat to Chris Eubank Anthony Joshua meets Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Tottenham's old ground White Hart Lane staged some legendary bouts Bruce Woodcock won an epic Battle of Britain over Jack London in 1945 Frank Bruno stopped Joe Bugner in eight rounds in front of 40,000 fans in 1987 Michael Watson's tragic loss to Chris Eubank was the last big fight at the Lane
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Anthony Joshua prepares to meet Oleksandr Usyk at the spanking new Tottenham Hotspur stadium on Saturday.
But the history of boxing at Tottenham's football ground goes back almost a century.
Sportsmail looks at five significant fights at Spurs' old home White Hart Lane.
Anthony Joshua (pictured) will fight Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
It's the first fight to be held at Spurs' new stadium but White Hart Lane staged many bouts
JIM SMITH v PAT KING (April 13, 1922)