 The field was also used in 1924, when on April 5, Luis Ángel Firpo defeated Al Reich in the first boxing fight in open space in Argentina.In June and July 1924, English team Plymouth Argyle played three matches in Sportivo Barracas v. the Argentina national team
The stadium holds an important anecdotal fact in its history, related to the match that took place between Argentina and Uruguay on October 2, 1924.In June of that year, Uruguay had attained the Olympic football crown at Paris, which at that moment was a kind of unofficial world title, since the World Cup was not played until 1930.