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2015 GUNS N’ HOSES

Guns N’ Hoses is a charity boxing event that features boxing bouts between police, fire and emergency service personnel within the greater metropolitan area.

Participants are from the Missouri counties of Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte; and the Kansas counties of Douglas, Johnson, Miami, Shawnee, and Wyandotte. All bouts are supervised by USA boxing, the national governing body of amateur boxing in the United States.

One hundred percent of the proceeds from Guns N’ Hoses benefits local charities. The Majority goes directly to the Kansas City Crime Commission’s Surviving Spouse and Family Endowment Fund (S.A.F.E.), which provides financial assistance to the spouses and children of local sworn officers, firefighters, and emergency service personnel killed in the line of duty. The rest is donated to amateur boxing programs in the Greater Kansas City area. Merriam Officer Paul Hutchinson participated in this event for the second year in a row. All boxers are required to have a minimum of 20 training sessions with a certified USA boxing instructor before they can participate in the charity event.

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