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Six-time world champion boxer Lucia Rijker will be taking the stage in Butte over the weekend, as Helena-based Pink Gloves Boxing is hosting its first annual convention at 110 Park Street in the Mining City.

The fitness company started in 2006 with two young men, Garret Garrels and Nick Milodragovich, who had a vision to change the way women exercise.

Now, just four years later, they have expanded across the U.S. and even internationally.

Garrels says this weekend's event brings together fitness and philanthropy, with all proceeds going to support the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which battles breast cancer.

Garrels said, "We want to get people in there to feel what it is like to punch and be a part of something, where they are kind of bringing the best out of themselves. Boxing history has always been where you are stepping outside your comfort zone and it's saved many people's lives. There is something special about not being able to just punch something, but work out with it, bring your best character out. That is what Pink Gloves is about."

Click here to visit the Pink Gloves Boxing website.

Here is the schedule for Saturday:

Activity - Pink Gloves Boxing Modified Workout by the Pink Gloves Team: 8:00am

Presentation - Boxing for Fitness by Garret Garrels: 9:30am

Workshop - Boxing Form Clinic with the Pink Gloves team featuring Lucia Rijker and Junior Caffero: 10:00am

Presentation - What you Need to Know About your Food by Mike Chaet: 11:45am

Lunch at the Knight of Columbus by Greg McDonald: 12:30pm

Presentation - Brief history of Women’s Boxing by Nick Milodragovich: 1:30pm

Roundtable Discussion featuring Leigh-Ann Whitworth, Kelly Crosby, Mindy McCarthy, Tracy Krushensky: 1:45pm

Activity - PGB Convention Challenge: 2:15pm

Awards Ceremony: 2:45pm

Keynote Presentation by Lucia Rijker: 3:00pm

Pink Gloves Boxing Fights: 5:45pm

Entertainment - The Macho Band: 8:00pm