Blaine County Fair Will Feature Sunday Boxing

For the first time, the Blaine County Fair will feature a "Day at the Fights." On Sunday, August 15, the event will begin with weigh-ins at 10:00 a.m. Thirty-five prematched bouts that have been sanctioned by USA Boxing will follow at noon.

The event is the brain child of outgoing Fair Board Chairman, Don Richman and community advocate Wamnee Ereaux. While the two were visiting about the Hays Amateur Boxing Club's upcoming trip to the 2021 National Junior Olympics on July 7-17 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center in Texas, Ereaux mentioned the club's on-going efforts to raise funds to cover tr...