{
  "id": 14603462,
  "title": "Ray Mercer and Micky Ward Support Cadets At Inaugural NYC Collegiate Military Boxing Classic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/ray-mercer-and-micky-ward-support-cadets-at-inaugural-nyc-collegiate",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-15T03:35:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ray-mercer-micky-ward-support-033505737.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two boxing legends, Ray Mercer and Micky Ward, are supporting an inaugural tournament for service academies and military colleges during Veterans Week. This event will take place on November 14 at the Léman Ballroom in New York. Ray Mercer, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, and Micky Ward, a former world champion featured in the film \"The Fighter,\" will both be ringside to witness cadets and midshipmen from six service academies and senior military colleges compete. Presented by USAA in association with Caracal Products & Services, this event features 12 USA Boxing-sanctioned bouts and will be available on live pay-per-view. Tickets are available at nycmilitaryboxing.com/tickets, and the event costs $24.99 per PPV. All net proceeds will go to the schools' boxing programs.",
  "summary": "One dozen USA Boxing amateur bouts will take place between cadets and midshipmen who train at their service academies.",
  "key_points": [
    "Ray Mercer and Micky Ward support inaugural NYC collegiate military boxing tournament",
    "Event features 12 USA Boxing-sanctioned bouts on November 14 at Léman Ballroom",
    "All net proceeds go to service academies and military colleges boxing programs"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Leveraging legendary boxing figures to headline a new tournament provides service academy boxing programs with a high-profile platform to secure essential funding through pay-per-view revenue and ticket sales.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}