5 Years In The Making

The first UCA Jr Welterweight State Champion will be crowned April 19, 2014 when Walter Lavarro, Long Beach PD meets Francisco Flores, Stanislaus Co. SD at the Central California Battle of the Badges. Lavarro and Flores first met in the Gold Medal round of the 2009 Western States Police & Fire Games. Lavarro would defeat Flores in a very close battle and claim the Gold Medal. Since their fight in 2009 Flores has reeled off three wins including the Gold Medal in the 2010 Police Olympics while Lavarro picked up another Gold Medal in 2011. This is just one of the exciting fights on the Battle of the Badges card. The event will take place at the Historic Hanford Civic Auditorium. Doors open at 5:00 and the first bout will begin at 7:00pm.  General Admission tickets are $30 and Pre sale ticket prices before April 1st, are $25.