Hong Kong bankers gathered at the sixth annual Iron Monger Hedge Fund Fight Night to see their colleagues fight it out for charity.<br/> <br />American Anthony Carango, an executive director at Nomura Holdings, won the 'heavyweight' title.<br/> <br />He said the feeling of winning came only second to the birth of his son 10 days ago, but a month off beer was also a tough sacrifice.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT NOMURA HOLDING, ANTHONY CARANGO, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Ah, I mean the biggest sacrifice is beer, I haven't had a beer in, like, a month, which is a travesty. So I'm looking forward to the first cold one right now, so. Ha, ha!"<br/> <br />Danielle Midalia, a creative manager at Operation Smile, defeated Andrea Glynn, an associate at the Bank of Montreal, in the night's only female contest.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) CREATIVE MANAGER AT OPERATION SMILE, DANIELLE 'STEELY' MIDALIA, SAYING:<br/> <br />"It's so quick that you don't know, you've just got to use what's in your body memory basically."<br/> <br />At more than HK$2,000 ($260) a seat, the black-tie crowd filled every chair inside the makeshift boxing tent.<br/> <br />Proceeds go to two children's charities Operation Breakthrough and Operation Smile.<br/> <br />Last year's event raised more than HK$500,000.
