Families and boxing enthusiasts filled the vacated AutoZone building on H Street NE on Saturday, May 24 to attend the Heart of the City Championship Fight Night.
The event was presented by Heart of the City Candles and Build Our City DC in partnership with 2 Fly Boxing Gym, and included 19 exciting amateur boxing matches sanctioned by USA Boxing, with all proceeds going towards local fighters attending the Junior Olympics in Las Vegas during June.
After a long career in boxing, Hall of Fame Announcer Henry “Discombobulating” Jones was inspired by the fight night.
“This was an incredible night,” he told The Informer. “We had 19 bouts, evenly matched, competitive and teaching our youth; win or lose, they’re still champions.”…