Mission boxers prepare for \u2018River City Rumble\u2019<\/p>\n
Published 5:30 am Sunday, January 11, 2026<\/p>\n
A Mission boxing club is returning with another fight night after a two-year hiatus.<\/p>\n
The \u201cRiver City Rumble\u201d is scheduled for Jan. 31 at Silverdale Hall at 7 p.m. with doors open at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
The event, hosted by River City Boxing and Fitness, currently has 14 fights on the card, including three female fights.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best thing about it is it really is a chance for my youth and our athletes to showcase their talent in front of their home crowd, and I know that brings them a lot of joy and excitement,\u201d River City coach Brennan Paterson said.<\/p>\n
In the main event, Tyler Peterson from Langley faces Thomas McCloskey from Maple Ridge.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a very highly anticipated match between two heavy hitters that are both considered knockout artists. So that should be a very explosive fight,\u201d Paterson said.<\/p>\n
Nine local fighters will also compete during the January event, including several making their amateur debut. Connor Souter-Kealey, Silas De Blieck, Riley Ingeberg, Justus Marshal, and Alise Field will step into the ring for their first amateur fight on Jan. 31.<\/p>\n
Field has been with the River City gym since it reopened three years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is finally making her amateur debut, and she\u2019s been a huge asset to our gym because she\u2019s been such a leader and motivator to young females joining boxing. So she\u2019s stepping into the ring and showcasing what she can do. So that\u2019s that\u2019s gonna be really exciting, \u201d Paterson<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Mission\u2019s Dayton Koch will look to improve on a 2-0 start to his career in his third bout.<\/p>\n
Another local, Lincoln Shelley \u2014 who Paterson called one of River City\u2019s top prospects \u2014 will face Guevara Chahal for the third time.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis fight is a trilogy fight. In his very first boxing match, he took a very close loss to (Chahal) and we came back one month later and fought the same person and defeated him,\u201d Paterson said.<\/p>\n
River City last hosted a fight night in 2024, with a packed house at Silverdale Hall.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a lot of people that felt like they missed out last time because they couldn\u2019t get their hands on tickets in time because the tickets sold so quick,\u201d Paterson said.<\/p>\n
Two more events are expected later in the year. One is tentatively scheduled for March, while an all-female event is slated for May.<\/p>\n
Paterson credited community volunteers and the athletes at the gym for the event coming together.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis show is being put together because of their spirit with the volunteering and helping out. I think this event last time proved to be a very fun, electric night because it brings the community together. The best thing about these events too is that although you\u2019re cheering for the person you\u2019re there for \u2014 at the end of the day, I think the best thing about amateur boxing is that people just seem to always have a respect for both athletes win or lose because it takes a lot of guts to get up there,\u201d Paterson said.<\/p>\n
According to Paterson, tickets are moving fast and he anticipates a sell-out show. Tickets are available at River City Boxing or by messaging their Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mission boxers prepare for \u2018River City Rumble\u2019 Published 5:30 am Sunday, January 11, 2026 A Mission boxing club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-402811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}