Friday Night Throwdown Returns to the Lower East Side

This past Friday was another Lower East Side underground boxing party, dubbed “Friday Night Throwdown.” Since 2010, these secret “lo-fi” warehouse bouts periodically pop up on the sly. This despite previous police crackdowns and mainstream exposure in the New York Times magazine. The cat is out of the bag, so to speak, but it’s trying to climb back in…

Neighborhood chronicler Clayton Patterson attended the latest boxing party alongside Billy Leroy and Dr. Dave, and sent in these images for Clayton’s Corner. We’ve been asked not to disclose the location.

For more on Clayton, check out his website.