Saturday Night Fights

We had a show at the gym Saturday night. It was an in house show to raise a little money for our travel expenses for the upcoming Golden Gloves tourney and to give the fighters a little experience in front of a crowd. Plus, what's the use of putting all that time in at the gym if you don't get a chance to fight? We had ten bouts and in spite of the weather, a full house. The show was covered by Bolo Punch Boxing. They have an internet broadcast every Thursday at 8:00 pm Central Time so you should hear about the show there. Mr. Guzman also served as the ring announcer and did a real fine job. He also helped us out with our signs and he's painting a mural for us on the gym wall. Local boxing legend Jack Callahan refereed the bouts and he too did a real fine job. Jack also helped us out with the training when Jimmy had foot surgery and couldn't get around. We taped the fights, so as soon as things get transferred to a computer, I should be able to get a short video clip here of some of the action. You might even be able to see Shop Teacher Bob in action!

The bouts were all real good. Two fighters came in from the outside and they apparently hadn't gotten the memo that it was an exhibition. Our man Vince took a few lumps but rose to the occasion and gave it his all. The other outsider took on our man Ernie and Ernie showed him a few things. For a couple of super heavyweights, there was a lot of action. Lots of combinations being thrown and Ernie was real tight on his defense. When he got inside he threw some real nice body shots and hooks. Ernie should do real well this year at the Gloves.

All in all, I'd have to say our first event was a tremendous success. As Jimmy says: "Fun for the whole family".