The Big Showdown: Rumble in Manhattan
New York vs. Denver Police & Firefighters Fight Night Benefit
11.12 - On Saturday January 11, 2003, Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom will host The Big Showdown: Rumble in Manhattan—14 boxing matches featuring fighters from the NYPD, FDNY, the Denver Police and Fire Departments, and celebrity bouts with stars of One Life to Live. Stars from One Life to Live including Kassie DePaiva (Blair), Catherine Hickland (Lindsey), and Nathaniel Marston (Al), will also be part of the celebrity autograph session, along with members of the New York Giants, including Tiki Barber, Kerry Collins, Michael Strahan, Jason Sehorn, and Amani Toomer.
Tickets start at $20. All proceeds will benefit six families who lost loved ones on 9/11, based upon need and level of hardship, three from the NYPD and three from the FDNY. For further information, please contact Lori Montano at (303) 758-9516, J.J. McDermott at (917) 929-1924, or email us at rumbleinmanhattan@yahoo.com.
When: Saturday, January 11, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
Where: Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom
311 West 34th Street, New York City
What: 14 sanctioned bouts, 3 rounds at 90 seconds between
NYC & Denver Police and Fire Dept., plus celebrity bouts
with One Life to Live’s Nathaniel Martson and others
Why: Proceeds to Benefit 9/11 Families
Who: NY Giants*: Tiki Barber, Chris Bober, Dan Campbell, Kerry Collins,
Howard Cross, Jason Garret, Jessie Palmer, Luke Petitgout, Mike Rosenthal, Jason Sehorn, Rich Seubert, Michael Strahan, Amani
Toomer, Jason Whittle, and their wives
Legendary Arthur Mercante
Ring Announcers: Nathan Purdee, plus One Life to Live’s Barbara
Nevin, Kristen Alderson, and Eddie Alderson
One Life to Live cast: Kamar de los Reyes, Kassie DePaiva, David
Fumero, Catherine Hickland, Laurance Lau, Jessica Morris, Amber
Ryan, Sherri Saum, and Teddy Sears
On Saturday, January 11, 2003 over 1,500 of New York’s business elite, the NY Giants, the cast of One Life to Live, and Denver’s and New York’s Finest and Bravest will gather for our first annual charity boxing event “The Big Showdown: A Rumble in Manhattan”. The event will take place in New York City’s Manhattan Center at the Hammerstein Ballroom and will benefit families of September 11th.
The evening will benefit six families, all hand selected based upon need and level of hardship, three from the NYPD and three from the FDNY.
The NYPD Fighting Finest Boxing Team is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization.
