A Knock Out Night for Men With Sugar Ray Leonard September 11, 2010

The Radiation Centers of Evansville Cancer Center and Deaconess Chancellor Center and Therapy Associates will host its ninth annual prostate cancer awareness program. Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard will talk on the 'Power to Win,' followed by a Q&A session. Open to the public, the event will provide to the community important education about early detection and why annual screenings are crucial in the fight against prostate cancer. The evening's festivities will begin with a very special tribute and moment of prayer for our nation's heroes and the families affected by 9/11. Next, local hero and recently retired as Evansville's first African American Fire Chief George Flowers will present Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel's proclamation to Dr. Jon D. Frazier, radiation oncologist and medical director of Evansville Cancer Center and Deaconess Chancellor Center for Oncology. The event also includes a silent auction featuring various Sugar Ray Leonard memorabilia. The first 500 people will receive an authentic red Everlast boxing glove key chain. In addition, there will be three bouts of Guns N' Hoses boxing, a charity that pits police officers against firefighters in a series of three one-minute rounds. Following the last fight, Sugar Ray Leonard will announce which lucky attendee will win a pair of personally autographed red leather Everlast boxing gloves. All proceeds will go to Cancer Care Options, Inc., a not for profit organization founded by Al Korba, M.D., former medical director of Evansville Cancer Center, which aids cancer patients in the Tri-State area who cannot afford cancer medications.