The recent Celebrity Fight Night raised over $7 million in the support of the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow Neurological Institute and other locations. Many of Hollywood’s most famous converged on the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa on March 23 for Muhammad Ali’s Celebrity Fight Night XIX.
The black-tie event featured a live auction, a silent auction and a night of mingling and enjoying. The hottest tickets on the auction block included dinner with Reba McEntire at her home in Beverly Hills. This went for $800, 000. There were also two tickets for Tom Hanks’ Broadway show “Lucky Guy,” a VIP performance by Andrea Bocelli with a private dinner and more.
In the 19 years that it has been taking place, it has raised $87 million dollars for Parkinson’s research and other causes.