Presented by Leaders Credit Union, Black Tie & Boxing, a fund of the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation, held its 4th annual event to benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), at the Carl Perkins Civic Center, Saturday.
Black Tie & Boxing uniquely combines a black-tie dinner with a series of sanctioned Kickboxing and MMA matches where solid fighters will duke it out fighting for a cure of Type One Diabetes.
Jerry Corley – owner of Rock N Dough Pizza and Hub City Brewing – (pictured, red shirt) battled Gabe Hart – an instructor in the Jackson-Madison County School System – (blue shirt) in one of the bouts involving local participants.
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