Known as "The Red Barn," Olympia Stadium in Detroit was the longtime home of the Original Six NHL franchise Detroit Red Wings. And during the golden age of boxing of the 1940s and 1950s, it was one of the biggest boxing venues in the world.

The Olympia no doubt benefited from being located in Detroit, the adopted hometown of Joe Louis, but the city's International Boxing Club made the venue a major boxing location in general. It was where Jake LaMotta recorded the two biggest wins of his career, his victory over Sugar Ray Robinson and his middleweight world title victory over Marcel Cerdan.