RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Dozens gathered at Diversity Thrift in Richmond for boxing matches on Friday, fundraising for gun violence prevention through “Guns Down Gloves Up.”
The March 13 event drew a crowd on the heels of two people being fatally shot in Shockoe Bottom in February, and another seven were injured.
Hosted by the nonprofit RVA Guns Down Gloves Up, both amateur and trained fighters battled in the ring, some of whom settled differences with their fists instead of resorting to gunfire…