Editing Cardiff Arms Park (section)

=== Boxing ===
The first [[boxing]] contest held at the Arms Park was on 24 January 1914, when [[Bombardier Billy Wells]] beat Gaston Pigot by a [[knockout]] in the first round of a 20-round contest.<ref name="Boxing 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxrec.com/date_search.php?yyyy=1914&mm=01&dd=24|publisher=[[BoxRec]]|title=Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom|access-date=14 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010191952/http://boxrec.com/date_search.php?yyyy=1914&mm=01&dd=24|archive-date=10 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Boxing contests were held later on 14 June 1943, 12 August 1944, 4 October 1951 and 10 September 1952.<ref name="Box">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxrec.com/location.php?country_code=UK&region_name=null&towncity_name=&towncity_id=22698&venue_name=&venue_id=27613&yyyy=&submit=Go|publisher=[[BoxRec]]|title=Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom|access-date=14 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010192002/http://boxrec.com/location.php?country_code=UK&region_name=null&towncity_name=&towncity_id=22698&venue_name=&venue_id=27613&yyyy=&submit=Go|archive-date=10 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Around 25,000 spectators watched international boxing on 1 October 1993, at the National Stadium with a [[World Boxing Council]] (WBC) [[Heavyweight]] title bout between [[Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno|Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno]]. It was the first time that two British-born boxers had fought for the world heavyweight title.<ref name="Bout">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/10/sports/boxing-bruno-vs-lewis-a-personal-battle-of-britain.html |publisher=[[The New York Times Company]] |title=Bruno vs. Lewis: A Personal Battle of Britain |access-date=15 November 2009 |first=Gerald |last=Eskenazi |date=10 August 1993 |archive-date=3 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503095827/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/10/sports/boxing-bruno-vs-lewis-a-personal-battle-of-britain.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lennox Lewis|Lewis]] beat [[Frank Bruno|Bruno]] by a [[Knockout|technical knockout]] in the 7th round, in what was called the "Battle of Britain".<ref name="Lewis">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxing2007.com/PressRelease/2008/MaskaevPeterStatistics.htm|publisher=pound4pound.com|title=WBC Statistics|access-date=12 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003231135/http://www.boxing2007.com/PressRelease/2008/MaskaevPeterStatistics.htm|archive-date=3 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Robinson" /> On 30 September 1995, [[Steve Robinson (boxer)|Steve Robinson]] the [[World Boxing Organization]] (WBO) World Featherweight Champion, lost against [[Naseem Hamed|Prince Naseem Hamed]] at the rugby ground in 8 rounds.<ref name="Robinson">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A28661691|publisher=BBC|title=Cardiff's greatest fight nights|access-date=12 May 2008|archive-date=27 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327040619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A28661691|url-status=dead}}</ref>