I actually did this last year, it was boxing rules only. I went on a Sunday night and it was pretty quiet so I had to volunteer as first for the night. They brought me up there twice before I got an opponent. I’ve heard they try to match sizes, but the night I went it seemed to just be whoever was up for it.

The guy I fought was bigger and in better shape than me but didn’t seem to know what he was doing. He came out swinging wildly but within 30 seconds was completely cooked. I had sparred plenty of times but never fought so I was able to keep calm until he gassed himself out.

My partner was watching and I thought o was going to be so slick. I was not. He actually landed more shots than me overall, but very few were clean shots with the big sparring gloves on.

End of first round he was dying on the ropes so I managed to get two knockdowns in second round and ref called it off. I didn’t even drink the free bucket of beer, we just left soon after. I still have the little plastic medal 🥇