A championship boxing match was held Saturday night in Washington, but well before it started, plenty of punches had been thrown in a series of unrelated incidents on downtown streets.
In four hours starting late Friday, police reported seven incidents in Northwest Washington in which people attacked others with fists or open hands.
In two cases, people were knocked unconscious by repeated blows, police said. In one, a verbal altercation in the 1200 block of Wisconsin Avenue turned violent shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, and a man was punched in the head and body, police said. Police said he was taken to a hospital. They said they made two arrests.
The second incident in which a man was knocked out occurred near 18th and I streets about 3:30 a.m., police said. They said the victim told them that, as he was walking, someone came up from behind, punched him on the side of the head and continued punching him as he lay on the ground.
Police said they made an arrest in that case, too.
Among places where other incidents occurred were the 800 block of 16th Street, the 1200 block of Connecticut Avenue , the 1300 block of 16th Street, 14th and U streets, and the 1600 block of Rhode Island Avenue.
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