It’s Monday of fight week, panic time for most promoters. But Terri Moss is not most promoters, and as the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame member was preparing for Thursday’s Atlanta Corporate Fight Night event at the Center Stage Theater, she was as cool, calm and collected as she could be.

“By the time you're on fight week, you're closing all the little gaps and getting the production parts of the show done,” said Moss. “The fights are settled, you pretty much know where your money's at (Laughs), and everything's pretty much where it's gonna be and you can establish all the moving parts and make sure that everyone's where they need to be on time and that kind of thing. Actually, to me, that's the most relaxing part.”

She can say that because for the previous 10 weeks, she was overseeing the preparation of 22 white collar boxers who will comprise the card along with a few amateur bouts featuring Georgia up and comers. It’s a requirement for all the white collar participants, guaranteeing that when the first bell rings, it’s not a series of unsafe mismatches.

“The hard part is making fights that are competitive and safe,” said Moss, who has been putting on Corporate Fight Night events since 2010. Thursday’s show, which benefits the “Hoodies For the Homeless” organization, will be the 15th, and while it was a little tough getting it all going, today, it runs like a well-oiled machine.

“When I first started in 2010, I went through quite a bit of problems just trying to get this show off the ground,” she said.

And now that it’s here, it doesn’t appear to be going anywhere. You don’t make it to 15 shows on a particular theme if it isn’t resonating somewhere, and this one hits home to anyone who wants to know what it’s like to be a professional athlete. 

“That was the whole premise behind Corporate Fight Night when I started it,” Moss said. “It was like, ‘Feel like a real prizefighter.’ They gotta go out there and raise money, too. Fighters in club shows gotta sell tickets, and there's all the troubles that come with it. A lot of fighters work, too, so they're definitely having the same stage, the same feel and it's a pretty magnificent thing.”

For tonight’s event, Moss is bringing back around 40 previous participants to have “an OG reception,” which includes ringside seats and recognition from the crowd for making that walk. For anyone who’s done it, it’s not something taken lightly. Instead, it’s a moment no one who stepped between the ropes will ever forget.

“One thing about this show is that I hear a lot of people talk about how important it was for their life, just experiencing that one thing and trying to conquer being in the ring, and how much it meant to them,” said Moss. “I hear a lot of that, so it's really nice when people come back five or six years later and say, that just meant so much.”

When Moss talks about the Corporate Fight Night shows, you can tell that she’s a proud mama of all the fighters, and even though she won’t have time to cheer and take it all in since she’s working 10 corners, when it’s all over, she has no hesitation in saying that if she had to pick among her babies, she has an answer.

“Of all the shows that I do, this is actually my favorite.”

For more information on Atlanta Corporate Fight Night, visit https://www.centerstage-atlanta.com/events/atlanta-corporate-fight-night/