Remembrance Day will be on the 13th November, but before that we get to be treated with Ex British SAS going up against former U.S. Navy Seals in an exciting line-up of boxing matches called Remembrance Rumble that will take place on the 11th November 2016 in London, United Kingdom.
The best operators in the field during their time in service, they will take up gloves for a charity event to bring awareness for the Global Coalition of Veterans that is the brainchild of “Big” Phil Campion, formerly of SAS D Squadron. The boxing event will take place at the prestigious York Hall Boxing Venue in Bethnal Green.
The SAS veterans will be going up against ex U.S. Navy SEALs who have been tapped by Brandon Webb, famed author of “The Red Circle” and who trained American Sniper, the late Chris Kyle. At present, Webb is the CEO of Force12 Media Group that runs the SOFREP.com website.
SOFREP TV will be covering the event and Utah Airsofter, the one and only Aaron "Rad" Radl, will be invading London to host the Remembrance Rumble together with the SOFREP team of Brandon Webb (Navy SEAL), Eric Davis (Navy SEAL), Jason Delgado (USMC Force Recon), John Bates (USAF CCT), Jon Schneider (4th USMC), and Ajax (Black Ops Elite Airsoft).
Rad is a hardcore Airsoft Brand Ambassador joining Force12 Media to help open the doors for our veterans who deserve the spotlight on their respected charities that will help bring awareness to concerns of veteran service members.
As Brand Ambassdor, Rad is part of a prestigious list of Brand Ambassadors for the company such as Medal of Honor Recipient, Dakota Meyer, Navy SEAL Mike Ritland, former U.S. Army Ranger Nick Irving, former Navy SEAL and CEO of Average Frog Eric Davis, Canadian Brent Burns who plays for the San Jose Sharks in the NHL, and photographer and bartender extraordinaire John Bush.
Rad is also co-owner of Tactical Airsoft Supply with Ajax and the “BoE Warmachine”.
Remembrance Rumble is fully sold out and you can still keep track of the slugfest of operators by going to SOFREP TV. Here is the fight card and below is the official release from SOFREP.com:
Remembrance Rumble: Ex-U.S. Special Ops Soldiers vs. Former U.K. SAS
Force12 Media Co-Sponsors First-Ever Special Forces Boxing Event To Benefit Military Vets on Both Sides of the Pond
London, Novermber 3, 2015. In the first-ever U.S. vs. U.K. special forces boxing event, the world’s most famous special forces regiments will battle from opposing corners at the Remembrance Rumble in London’s York Hall on November 11, 2016. London’s Sun News and SOFREP will livestream the event to their Facebook audiences on November 11th.
Sold-Out
“We’re excited to own the U.S. rights to this event which was sold out weeks ago, and we anticipate doing an event in America next year,” says Brandon Webb, event co-sponsor, former U.S. Navy Seal, and founder/CEO of Force12 Media. “Presenting Remembrance Rumble on the day that we both honor veterans shines a light on the people who have served our countries and allows us to give back to that community.”
Showdown Across the Pond
The ten soldiers–with an average of 17 years of service to their respective countries–will fight in matches ranging from Lightweight to Super Heavyweight. Twenty-two year SAS soldier Phil Campion and founder of the Remembrance Rumble, tops the bill as Super Heavyweight “Hampshire Hammer” named after his first regiment The Royal Hampshires.
“We staged an SAS boxing event earlier this year and it sold out,” says Campion. As reported in London’s Daily Express, Campion says. “We thought it would be nice if we could fight some geezers from over the pond. I got in touch with Brandon Webb and that was it. It was on.”
Benefitting Vets
Proceeds from the event will benefit Talking2Minds—a U.K. charity that helps those suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), The Pilgrim Bandits—a U.K. charity that coordinates motivating activities for injured service personnel—and The Red Circle Foundation–which benefits the families of the U.S. special operations community.