Where’s Nancy Drew when you need her? A Cincinnati-area family was faced with trying to solve the mystery of how a hamper-size bundle of dirty underwear happened to find its way into their brand-new punching bag. There were thongs, women’s underwear, men’s underwear, bathing suits and bras. The smell left no doubt that the undies had been used and abused before they made their way into the home of Joe Heckel by way of his new TKO punching bag. Technical Knockout Inc., which makes the bags, dodged Heckel's claims until local news organizations came calling. The company admitted that there may be others out there with punching bags filled with stinky underwear. A representative of the company told Heckel that the underwear in the bag was a “quality problem” and that those responsible for deciding to fill TKO bags with it had been fired. Technical Knockout Inc. promised Heckel a new punching bag, this time filled with sand.
