CONGRATULATIONS MUST go out to Bobby Cassidy Jr. and Dave Schuster for putting together this OUTSTANDING Documentary on Sunnyside Garden. For those who missed it their will be another showing Next Sunday.

The Sunnyside Documentary will air NEXT SUNDAY night, March 25th at 7 pm on SNY – that is the Mets network

The film covers the history of Sunnyside Garden Arena, a boxing arena that entertained fans of pugilism from 1947 until 1977. Legendary fighters came to Sunnyside Garden including Billy Graham, Floyd Patterson, Bobby Cassidy, Vito Antuofermo, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Gerry Cooney, Mustafa Hamsho and Saoul Mamby.

Bobby Cassidy fought at Sunnyside a record 25 times .. This photo was from a fight in 1963, the year he turned pro

“Sunnyside Garden was an important part of my childhood,” said the film’s director, Bobby Cassidy. “My father holds the record for most main events at Sunnyside. It became this mythical building to our family. When they demolished it, it was like they took away part of my childhood. I wanted to make this film to recreate that atmosphere, to bring all those memories back to life.”

The film features Bobby Cassidy, Congress member Peter King and many of the fighters mentioned above.

PS – Many of you wanted to know if their is a DVD on this Documentary. You can contact Boby Cassiday Jr., at cassboxer@yahoo.com