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The Plaza México, situated in Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
, is the world's largest bullring
Bullring

A bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with Spain, but they can also be found in neighboring countries and the New World....
. This 40,000-seat facility is usually dedicated to bullfighting
Bullfighting

Bullfighting or tauromachy , is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, some cities in southern France, and several Latin American countries, in which one or more live bulls are ritually killed as a public spectacle....
, but many boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 fights have been held there as well, including Julio Cesar Chavez
Julio César Chávez

Julio C?sar Ch?vez Gonz?lez is a legendary Mexico professional boxing....
's third bout with Frankie Randall
Frankie Randall

Frankie Billy Randall is a three-time world champion boxing who is best known as the man who handed Mexico legend Julio C?sar Ch?vez his first professional defeat....
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The Plaza México, situated in Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
, is the world's largest bullring
Bullring

A bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with Spain, but they can also be found in neighboring countries and the New World....
. This 40,000-seat facility is usually dedicated to bullfighting
Bullfighting

Bullfighting or tauromachy , is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, some cities in southern France, and several Latin American countries, in which one or more live bulls are ritually killed as a public spectacle....
, but many boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 fights have been held there as well, including Julio Cesar Chavez
Julio César Chávez

Julio C?sar Ch?vez Gonz?lez is a legendary Mexico professional boxing....
's third bout with Frankie Randall
Frankie Randall

Frankie Billy Randall is a three-time world champion boxing who is best known as the man who handed Mexico legend Julio C?sar Ch?vez his first professional defeat....
 . The Plaza México replaced the ancient bullbag Toreo de la Condesa in the Condesa
Condesa

Condesa is a neighborhood in the central borough of Cuauht?moc, D.F. in Mexico City. Nowadays the zone known as Condesa consists of three colonias: Condesa, Hip?dromo and Hip?dromo-Condesa....
 neighborhood that was overwhelmed by the rapid development of the Mexican population. It opened on 5 February 1946 and annually since then, that date marks the date of the Corrida de Aniversario. This building was built beside the football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 stadium Estadio de la Ciudad de los Deportes (now Estadio Azul
Estadio Azul

Estadio Azul , formerly Estadio Azulgrana and Estadio de la Ciudad de los Deportes, is a 35,000-seat stadium located in Mexico City....
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