Fight For Children’s Annual Fight Night - one of Washington’s most eagerly anticipated events - returns to the nation’s capital on Veterans’ Day, Thursday November 11, 2010 at the Washington Hilton (1919 Connecticut Avenue NW). The event is the signature fundraiser for Fight For Children, an independent non-profit organization fighting to ensure all kids in DC receive a great education and stay healthy so they can learn.

In honor of Veteran’s Day, this year’s boxing card will feature an amateur bout between US Army Boxer Robert “Bobby” Watts and Troy Browning from the All Navy Boxing Team, in a three-round, three minutes per round, “Open Class” Welterweight (152 lb limit) match-up. Both men are stationed in the Virginia Beach area, Watts at Fort Story and Browning aboard the supercarrier USS Bush.

Watts, wearing a Black and Gold uniform, is a Staff Sergeant/E-6 with the US Army, Inland Cargo Transportation Company 119th, at Fort Story and trains at Seven Cities Boxing Club with Coach Robert Matney. Matney is a retired US Navy Chief Petty Officer and President of the Virginia Association of USA Boxing – the governing body for Olympic-style amateur boxing in Virginia.


Browning, ABH3/E-4, US Navy, USS Bush (CVN-77), will wear Blue and Gold. He trains at 757 Boxing in Virginia Beach, with coach Reggie Barnett Sr., a retired US Navy First Class Petty Officer who is also an East Coast Navy Boxing Recruiter.

The event will also feature 8 rounds of Lightweight boxing and 6 rounds of Jr. Middleweights.

About Fight Night
Richard Kay is the Chairman of Fight Night 2010 with his colleague and friend Ted Leonsis serving as Vice Chairman. Kay is Chairman of Sentrillion, Inc. and a partner in Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which holds ownership interest in Washington sports teams, including the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards and Washington Mystics, as well as the Verizon Center.

Leonsis is founder, chairman, & majority owner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment.For more details about Fight Night visit www.fightnightdc.org. For more information on Fight For Children or any of its programs, visit www.fightforchildren.org.