New York’s Bravest will meet Thursday in the first-ever International Battle of the Badges boxing match at Madison Square Garden.
On Wednesday, FDNY first responders Sean Dillon and Julian Gonzalez joined “Fox & Friends First” to preview the game.
“If I were younger, I would be very happy,” Dillon said. “This is my dream.”
The FDNY Bravest Boxing Team will host opponents from across the country and the UK for this event.
Boxers will compete against first responders from Denver, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Yonkers and West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.
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“We meet almost every day,” Gonzalez told host Carly Shimkus. “We train for two to three hours every day.”
Battle of the Badges Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
The goal of Thursday’s event is to raise $50,000 for the foundation.
“I work with them a lot,” Dillon said. “It’s great to raise money for an organization that helps so many families.”
Dillon, 29, started boxing for training in 2008. His goal was to make the high school basketball team.
He has continued to train on and off ever since, and resumed training six years ago when he joined the FDNY.
Gonzalez has grown as a wrestler. He started boxing with his brother nine years ago and says he was hooked.
He joined the FDNY in 2020 and began boxing with the team the following year.
“That’s the main reason I took this job,” Gonzalez said.
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Thursday will be his sixth game with the team.
To date, FDNY Bravest Boxing has provided mortgage-free housing and mortgage repayments to our nation’s critically injured veterans, first responders, Gold Stars, and families of fallen first responders with young children. We have donated over $100,000 to support Tunnel to Towers’ mission.
Dillon and Gonzalez will face British Boxing Team members George Dobbins and Faisal Khan.
The 2024 International Battle of the Badges will be held at MSG on Thursday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are currently available for purchase at: fdnyboxing.org.
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