EVERY year between 1948 and 1955, Jack Solomons, then the biggest promoter in British boxing, used to stage one show per year, in the open air, at the White City Stadium in Shepherds Bush, London.
This huge venue was constructed in 1908 for the Olympic Games, and it had been used for boxing sporadically throughout the 1930s. The capacity was around 90,000 and this was exceeded
