Sorel Mizzi overpowered Brian Rast in a charity boxing match that raised over $8,000 for effective charities promoted by Raising for Effective Giving.
Sorel Mizzi has beaten Brian Rast in a charity boxing match.
The pair squared off at the Syndicate MMA Gym, Las Vegas, Dec 30. The plan was for the pair to fight for four two-minute rounds. Rast didn’t make it past Round 3.
The fight raised $8,561 for Raising for Effective Giving (REG), the meta-charity founded by Liv Boeree, Philipp Gruissem, Igor Kurganov and a bunch of highly intelligent Swiss altruists.
Rast, who looked much smaller than Mizzi on the Periscope feeds, was knocked down five times in total before the referee stepped in to save him from further embarrassment and pain in the third round.
It was an event billed as The Rumble Without Jungle. Melanie Weisner and Maria Ho were on hand to sing the national anthem, Antonio Esfandiari was master of ceremony, and the event attracted the likes of Jennifer Tilly and Dan Bilzerian.
Rast took the defeat like a man.
Congratulations @sorelmizzi on the victory! He straight up out-brawled me and I didn’t have an answer for it.
— Brian Rast (@tsarrast) December 31, 2015
If you missed the fight, check it out here.
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