Executive Fight Night

Executive Fight Night is hitting Sydney this Saturday.

Two key heads from packaging and design company – Cowan –  brand development director Adam Partridge and design director Rhys Prothero, will compete in the corporate ‘white collar’ boxing event, with all proceeds going to – The Oncology Children's Foundation (OCF) www.ocf.com.au.

There will be 18 ordinary corporate professionals in total, with no real boxing experience. All fighters have undertaken 12 weeks of intensive boxing training with Pro Boxer Rob Whaley.

Paired off now to partake in one 3 x 2 minute round, this Saturday at the Inglis Stables, Randwick.

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Keynote speaker Baratunde Thurston is a politically-active, technology-loving comedian who  co-founded the black political blog, Jack and Jill Politics and serves as Director of Digital for The Onion.  Barack Obama called him "someone I need to know." His first book, How To Be Black, will be published in February 2012 by Harper Collins.

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