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World Championship Boxing ''Playing for Keeps''
Name: World Championship Boxing ''Playing for Keeps''Date: June 7, 2008Time: 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM CDTWebsite: http://www.hortonsgym.com/Event Description:World Championship Boxing featuring:
Main Event title match light-heavyweight Zack "Jungle Boy" Walters (from Duluth, MN) Vs. Aaron Norwood.
Co-Main Event Middle-weight south-paw, Andy "Kaos" Kohle (of Fergus Falls, MN) training in Duluth, with Chuck Horton) Vs. Jonathon Reid from season one of "The Contender".
Heavyweight bout with 278lb. Skuli Armannsson of Mosfellsbaer, Iceland (who is training in Duluth with Chuck Horton) Vs. Jake Betz (of MN).
Other fights include Tim Taggart vs. John Schmidt; Gary "Stone Cold" Eyer vs. Terrance Trottier Jr. and RJ "T-Rex" Lasse vs. Mike Davis.
Doors open at 6:00, fights at 7:00.
Tickets available at: Fond du Luth Casino (downtown Duluth), Benna Ford/Roushe Saleen (Superior), Runway Bar and Grill (Hermantown), Mainstream Fashions for Men (downtown Duluth), and www.hortonsgym.com.
Zach nicknamed "Jungle Boy" moved to the United States from Madagascar when he was 12. He was encouraged by his parents to become involved in extracurricular activities. However growing up in Madagascar, an island off the east coast of Africa. Zach wasn't familiar with any of the traditional American sports. In boxing it doesn't matter where you come from. Currently Walters' world rank is 37/647 for the Light Heavyweight class.
Pro Boxers Zack Walters, Andy Kohle, Gary Eyer are among several of the coaches who work with the Adam VanAlstine Amature Boxing Club out of Horton's Gym in Duluth. There is a boxing scholarship set up in memory of the late Lcpl. Adam VanAlstine USMC, who was killed in Iraq Feb. 2006. To learn more about the Adam VanAlstine Amature Boxing Club or Scholarship check out www.hortonsgym.com.
