Brooklyn 62nd Precinct Police Officer Chris Matthews Participates in NYPD Boxing Benefit
Yo Adrian!
Rocky has nothing on Police Officer Chris Matthews of the 62nd Precinct, who competed in the 2018 Brooklyn Brawl Smoker held in the parking lot of Gargiulo’s restaurant and catering hall on West 15th Street between Surf and Mermaid Avenues in Coney Island on Thursday, August 23.
Matthews is following in the footsteps of his father, retired Captain Charles Matthews. His father, a captain with the New York City Department of Correction’s Emergency Service Unit and helped found the department’s “Boldest Boxing” team in 2010. He was also the first boxer to represent the Department of Correction in the 2010 championship at Madison Square Garden.