The I-5 Showroom at the Emerald Queen Casino was the place to be Sat night as incredible evening of boxing and beauty took place with Battle at the Boat 82: Fight Night to the Playboy Mansion. Besides the 6 professional boxing contests, Playboy returned to EQC with Playmates Bridget Marquardt, Pilar Lastra, Hiromi Oshima, &  Tacoma's own Stacy Fuson entertaining the crowd. There was also a ring girl contest 

 and it was Vanessa winning the opportunity to represent in LA at the July 30th

"Fight Night at the Playboy Mansion" which will feature both pro boxing and MMA.

In the main event, hometown favorite "Vicious" Vincent Thompson had little trouble with Kelsey Arnold and moved to 8-0 with an efficient performance in their heavyweight matchup. After 6 rounds of action, all 3 judges saw it 60-54.

The Co-main event featured two Yakima fighters: Natividad Serrano at 2-0 going up against Randell Corpuz making his debut. This was the night's highest paced bout with neither fighter slowing in their welterweight fight. Serrano had the edge however in speed and accuracy, slipping in numerous shots that knocked Corpuz off his step. By the end of four rounds, Corpuz' face was worse for the wear and Serrano moved to 3 and 0 with two judges seeing it 39-37 and the third 40-36.

Shane Andreesen out of British Columbia spoiled Tacoma's Jonte Willis return to the EQC stage with a come-from-behind knockout in the fifth round of their 6 round Heavyweight fight. Willis looked sharp through the first 4 rounds and was certainly ahead on all scorecards, when in the fifth Andreesen caught Willis with a big shot that wobbled him and put him on the defensive. Andreesen started swinging for the fences to put away Willis but Willis was able to keep away from most of the big shots until finally, one landed flush and dropped Willis through the ropes at 2:04 in Rd 5.

In a 135 lb bout, Seattle's Rob Diezel utilized his speed to counter Aaron Schupp's length, finding a comfortable rhythm on the inside and connecting with a left that sent Schupp to sleep at 2:35 in the second round.

In an solid Heavyweight fight, Sylvester Barron out of Anacortes WA took all 4 rounds and scored a knockdown over Ija Flapping Eagle to win via judges decision (all scoring it 40-35). The nights first bout was also an entertaining affair with Atlanta's 

Gerald Fischer squeaking out a Split Decision win over Nicholaus Briannes that came after Briannes had a point deducted for pressing his arm into Fischer's throat as he had him against the ropes.

Battle at the Boat 83 is scheduled for August 27th. In the interim, promoter Brian Halquist will be holding CageSport XV at the Emerald Queen Casino on July 16th with another exciting evening of all-pro mixed martial arts action. He will also be co-promoting the July 30th Fight Night at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.

For more info, go to Halquistproductions.com.