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{{rfd|Hasn't lasted [[:en:WP:LASTING|WP:LASTING]], all references were for about the week of the event. Not of lasting significance or notability.|request=Josh fight 2}}
(contracted; show full)s/2021/04/25/josh-fight-pool-noodle-battle-nebraska-joshfight-orig-kj.cnn/video/playlists/atv-trending-videos/|publisher=CNN|access-date=May 8, 2021|title=Viral pool noodle brawl started as a 'pandemic boredom' joke}}</ref> He talked about it on April 24, 2020. After a screenshot of a [[Facebook Messenger]] group chat involving several users named Josh spread widely on the [[internet]], many people learned about the Josh Fight. 

Swain told other people named Josh Swain to meet at a set of 
[[coordinates]], where they would fight for the right to be the only person to be called "Josh Swain." Later, more people with the first name Josh became interested.  Swain meant this as a joke, but several hundred people showed up on the day of the event. Despite the title, there was no violence involved and the gathering was lighthearted.  Fighting involved playing [[rock, paper, scissors]] and hitting each other with [[pool noodle]]s made of light foam.  The fighters raised over $7000 for charity.  A four-year-old fighter, Joshua Vinson Jr., nicknamed "Little Josh," won the fight.<ref name=USA>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/25/josh-fight-winner-nebraska-4-year-old-joshua-vinson-jr/7375103002/|magazine=USA Today|access-date=May 8, 2021|title=Hundreds gather in a Nebraska field for a pool-noodle brawl over the name Josh|author=Jay Cannon|date=April 25, 2021}}</ref>

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[[Category:2021 in the United States]]
[[Category:Internet culture]]
[[Category:COVID-19 pandemic]]