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KOLLE-VANDA, LAASE, DULUTH ACTION TONIGHT
By Jesse Kelley
June 17th, 2010

 

Grandma's Sports Garden in Duluth will be the place to check out pro boxing exhibitions tonight. The main exhibition puts Andy Kolle (21-2) and Matt Vanda (42-11) in the ring for a third time. The State champ Kolle was victorious in the first two exciting meetings and says he is looking forward to getting in the ring with Vanda again.
"I was hoping we would be able to get a different fight up here but the commission didn't want to approve any opponents, which is cool because they are doing their job too. I agreed to do the Vanda fight again because I didn't want to fight somebody who would come in overweight and out of shape just to lay down, we wanted to give the fans a great show. With Vanda, we know exactly what we are gonna get and that is non stop action from bell to bell."

Duluth's RJ Laase (4-1) will be returning after a year long absence from competition. Laase traded punches with Hector Orozco in his bout, dropping a split decision to the "Fighting Chihuahua" Orozco in Duluth.
Laase's mother going through chemotherapy among other personal dilema's contributed to a sub par training camp and a sporadic sleep schedule which led to a performance he was not happy with in that bout.
"I'm not really the type to make excuses on why I lost the fight except that it wasn't me in the ring and he beat me on my worst night and on his best." Said Laase on the fight. Laase confirms that his mother is since cancer free and that he has rejuvenated the drive to box at his highest level.

"Do I want to fight Orozco again? Fu--ing right I do!" said Laase when asked about a rematch. "He beat Jeremy (McLaurin) and now Danny (Figueroa). Both fighters with records I would love to have on my resume. Like I said before, I take nothing away from his (Orozco's) win against me but it wouldn't happen if we fought again."

Tonight, Laase faces an mma fighter named Orie Bailey.
" I started camp at 160 and was on my way to 140 until I was told he will fight at 144. I guess he is 4-0 as an amateur mma fighter but that doesn't mean anything to me. We aren't in the cage, we are in my world, a place I am very familiar with. I had great sparring with Andy (Kolle), Gary (Eyer) and Tyler (Hultin) and a few more experienced amateurs. I feel like a million right now."

Laase says that he plans to fight at 140 from here on out, a weight he feels stronger, faster and in top form.
" Me and Shark (Chuck Horton) have a plan to stay as busy as possible for the next 12 months, with a fight every month or two which is very possible with all the fighters in our state at that weight."

The rest of the card includes Duluth area boxers Gary Eyer (listed on boxrec as facing Randi Ronchi). Tyler Hultin will also see action. Details have been hard to come by on this show but the Minnesota Boxing Forum has some chatter that reveals Dave Peterson taking on Troy Lowry in another exhibition.

 

 

 

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