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MARCH 2017 FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM | 11 Celebrity Fight Night founder Jimmy Walker is in a league by himself when it comes to schmoozing — you don’t get A-list celebrities to show up for your event year after year by fluke. It’s an impressive list — Jennifer Lopez, Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, Halle Berry, Carrie Underwood, to name a handful. How does he get them to say “yes”? His secret is really no secret to anyone who has known Walker and Celebrity Fight Night, now in its 23rd year: It’s all for the cause. “It’s the fact that making people happy brings back happiness’” Walker said during an interview at his Phoenix office. “I know I could do a lot more but it’s the joy of giving. Making that contact — it’s {by mike saucier} COVER STORY FIGHT NIGHT FOUNDER’S FAMED SCHMOOZING HAS HELPED RAISE MILLIONS TO FIGHT PARKINSON’S