Showdown In The Downtown
London, Ontario, Canada
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Founded in 2009, Showdown In The Downtown is a charity based in London, Canada working on health, medical research, housing & homelessness +2 more.
Showdown In The Downtown is an annual charity fundraising event held in London, Ontario, Canada. It features combat sports events (boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and mixed martial arts), dinner, a silent auction and raffle, and is organised around the Knock Out Kidney Disease fundraiser. Proceeds fund kidney disease research, including the Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies and the Lilibeth Caberto Kidney Clinical Research Unit. Since its expansion, the event has also supported charities working on homelessness, mental health and services for people with special needs. The event was founded in 2009 by Dr. Faisal Rehman and is held at RBC Place London, with sponsorship from corporate partners, pharmaceutical companies and individual donors.
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Dominos Pizza Canada, EllisDon, Muay Thai Ontario, Prospect Fighting Championships, Alexion Canada, Amgen, Pfizer, Otsuka Canada, Astellas, Knight Therapeutic, Starlim, Aria Dental Center, London Health Sciences Foundation
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