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REPORT

JAMES, KOLLE AND MORE VICTORIOUS IN HINCKLEY [1]
BY RAY KILGORE; Photo's By Jesse Kelley Minnesota
At the Grand Casino in Hinckley Minnesota on March 28th, Rapacz Event Productions hosted an exciting 
7-fight card in front of sold out crowd of 2,500 fans.
The Main Event featured:
Jamal James improving his record to 13-0, (6 Kos) by taking an unanimous 8-round decision over a game 
Angel Hernandez 16-15, (13 Kos)
Round One: James brought the action to Hernandez early by establishing single and triple jabs. In the 
middle of the round, James set up his body work to open an opportunity to pin Hernandez on the rope as 
James landed free shots on Hernandez's head. Hernandez protected himself for a few seconds, until James 
got caught with a thunderous right to the side of his head. James was not hurt but he needed to reset.
Although James won every round, Hernandez was no slouch. He showed just as much hand speed and energy 
as James did early on.
Round two: James showed strong reflexes as he fainted and moved side-to-side. During one exchange he got 
twisted on the inside. Hernandez attempted to get free shots before referee Mark Nelson broke them up.
By mid round each man gave as well as he took. But James got the better of the two. His blows were 
stiffer, sharper and more accurate. Hernandez was able to land hard combos, right hands, and good body 
work, but Hernandez's main issue were: James' good condition, height, had fast hands, good body work and 
pressure.
Round three: James worked his jab and landed combos. And as the round wore on, James' strong performance 
got to Hernandez mentally at times. Hernandez waved James forward and trashed talked most of the fight 
when he got frustrated. Towards the end of the round, James and Hernandez traded and James went down from 
an apparent slip. A less than experienced official might have called it a knockdown, but Referrer Mark 
Nelson got it right by not ruling it as such.
Round four: Hernandez got in some good shots, and rocked James' head back in the air. But once again James 
regained control by going to the body and head, using a good jab and giving solid movement.
By this point James' chief tactic was to landed rights and break and confused Hernandez physically and 
mentally. Hernandez's main goal was to demonstrate to James that he wasn't doing damage by physically 
running towards James after James would land good blows. Indeed James was as he was taking rounds and 
winning the fight up until that point.
Round six: For most of the fight James didn't get sidetrack by Hernandez's antics. James snapped 
Hernandez's head with right hands and good body blows which at times forced Hernandez to retreat. In fact, 
after one good combo James played a little mind games himself offering Hernandez a quick wink and half smile.
Rounds seven: Was much like the last as James jabbed and backed Hernandez up, although Hernandez never 
showed signs of giving up . He landed some very hard blows to James' head but James wouldn't fold.
Round eight: James had his best round, and towards the end of the fight, he hit Hernandez with a hard right 
that buckled the fighter's legs. After that James went to town: he landed many unanswered blows until he 
finally put Hernandez down from a hard body shot. Hernandez beat the mandatory eight-count that Nelson gave, 
but soon thereafter, James pinned Hernandez in the far corner, and landed a head body combo which sent 
Hernandez down again. Once again Hernandez made it to his feet, but barely survived the bell as James landed 
repeated blows as Nelson (who I though was going to get hit because of how close he was to the action) 
looked closely into Hernandez's eyes. But Hernandez was throwing back and he performed well and deserved to 
go out on his feet if at all possible. Hopefully Team James can make a fight with undefeated Fredrick Lawson 
22-0, (20 KO's) who stopped Mohammed Kayongo last Saturday. James took a decision over Kayongo several months 
ago. 

After 15 months off, Andy Kolle, 26-4-1, (18 Kos) put on a nice display of boxing skills to take an unanimous 
decision over Ryan Davis 24-12, (9 Kos)
Round one: It was expected that Kolle would be cautious to start the round coming off of a 15-month layoff. 
But, Kolle was anything but cautious. He took an aggressive stance with his jab and side-to-side movement.
At times Kolle, (who had a big fan support) threw wide punches, and several times Kolle left himself open to 
clean shots, but he took them well as he used side-to-side movement and right hands to keep Davis at bay.
Midway in the round, Davis landed a good counter right and Kolle backed to the center ropes. Davis followed 
up and landed several unanswered blows causing Kolle to hold-although Kolle never looked hurt.
Soon thereafter, Kolle refocused on the jab and he took the round big as Davis circled trying to set Kolle 
up with a good shot but really was never able to do so.
Round two: Kolle continued to press the action, and once again he took Davis' blows well. However, Kolle 
once again reestablished control, and backed Davis up and while chasing him around the ring using effective 
pressure.
Round three: Kolle focused his attention on Davis' body, and he made the shorter Davis miss with wide blows. 
Kolle switched from southpaw to conventional and Davis could not find an answer for the most part.
Rounds four and five: All looked similar as Kolle picked his shots, and dominated Davis. By round five Davis 
resorted to ducking low and throwing haymakers. Kolle didn't bait.
Earlier into round five, the boxers butted heads and time was called. After the doctor examined Davis (who 
suffered a cut on the bridge of his nose), the fight continued where Kolle left off.
Rounds six, seven and eight were Kolle's and the fighter put on a good show after 15 months out of the ring.
Hopefully Kolle and Cerresso Fort 2 can happen. Fort won by TKO last year which was part of the reason Kolle 
to take a break from the sport.

Aaron Green improved to (15-0, (13 Kos ) with a TKO victory over Byron Polley 25-17-1, (11 Kos) with 25 
seconds left in seventh round:
Round one: In all of the fights this writer has covered of Aaron Green, this must have been Green's most 
difficult to date. Polley started the round big as he did most of the work. He went to Green's body and 
landed strong head blows. Towards the middle of the round, Green picked up the pace as he landed shots up 
and down stairs. But Polley didn't budge and offered his own counter punches.
Round two: Polley once again started strong and he connected with a good right that got Green's attention. 
Green missed often while his blows were slower than usual (Green reveled after the fight that he has suffered 
from a disk problem in his back). At one point Green missed with a wide punch, and fell off balance stumbling 
to keep from falling. Green was still getting hit but began to find his rhythm and Polley started to take good 
right hands and body shots. It was now Polley who was backing up.
Round three: Although Polley was in the fight Green started to take over. Polley's mouth hung open and he took 
deep breaths in as Green got in good shots.
Round four: Both boxers exchanged on the ropes. Green landed several good rights while Polley kept his gloves 
pinned to his ears. Green continued to hit Polley's head, and then got caught with a hard right. Polley pinned 
Green on the ropes and landed good body and head blows. But Green showed stuff fighting back to where Polley 
backed off. By mid-round, Green looked tired too, but his over hand rights did damage, and before the start of 
round five, the ring doctor took a good look at Polley.
Round five; Although both boxers looked tired, Green's blows came more often and harder. Polley started to move 
more. He was crafty as well switching to southpaw and once again he looked like he rocked Green with a good 
right. But Green recovered, and went back to using his jab and big right hands. Polley's face started to swell 
and looked a mess.
Round six: Polley landed again in the round, yet Green started to take over. His pure aggression and hard shots 
not to mention that Polley's wide blows gave Green more chances to connect.
Final round: Polley started taking too many shots and he finally went down twice and thankfully Nelson stopped 
the bout.
With Minnesota heavyweights Joey Abell and Raphael Butler now well into their careers, Aaron Green at 15-0 has 
established himself as Mn's next heavyweight prospect. And if Green can recover his injuries, a bout with former 
Minnesota Viking Ray Edwards seems like a logical step. The two have been featured back to back on fight cards.

Robert Brant improved to 10-0, (5 Kos) with an unanimous decision over Demetrius Walker 7-5-1, (3 Kos)
Round one: Brant stayed focused throughout the entire bout as he put on an excellent show and dominated a good 
opponent in Walker from start to finish. From the start of the fight, Brant landed strong jabs and quick right 
hands. Brant gave Walker lots of faints and head movement and Walker had no answer. In the past, Brant 
showboated in the ring at times but he was all business against Walker.
As the fight wore on, Walker's blows became wider and wider, and Brant's accuracy was too much. Brant had Walker 
in retreat mode so often fans started booing. At times Brant pinned Walker against the ropes and landed up to 10 
or more unanswered blows. But the fight could not be stopped because Walker would offer a lot of fight but not 
enough to win.
In round four Walker bobbed and weaved like Mike Tyson, and Brant nailed him clean and Walker retreated.
The rest of the fight continued in the same fashion and to Brant's credit, when Walker showboated, Brant didn't 
engage and continued to do a professional job to take an easy win.

Jonathan Perez 7-0, (5 Kos) took an unanimous decision over James Owens 5-17, (2 Kos)
Round one: Perez was the aggressor from round one and Owens could not get a rhythm. But to Owens' credit, he 
fought back as he landed good body shots.
Round two: Early into round two, Perez hit Owens very low and Owens fell to his knees. Referee Scott Erikson 
gave Owens a rest and warned Perez. And once the action resumed, Perez took control using his jab and going to 
the body well. But later in the round, Perez once again hit Owens low and the boxer fell to his knees. Erikson 
told Perez that was his last chance, and once the action started again both boxers traded good blows to end the 
round. In rounds three and four: Perez once again took control as he landed hard blows. Owens moved and did 
offer good body blows and hard right hands. But Perez was not bothered and took the round.
Final round: Both men were on the inside working when Perez hit Owens on top of the head, and Owens fell 
holding his head claiming that Perez fouled him. But this time Erikson ruled it a knockdown (which was a good 
call because Owens started to overact and fall to the canvas too much). Owens made the count and fought back 
but Pérez was too much. 
DeLorian Caraway improved to 2-0,( 2 Kos) with a TKO victory over Damien Hill 3-5, (1 ko) in round two.
Rounds one and two: Hill landed some good shots mostly because Caraway dropped his hands and left his chin 
exposed. But overall Caraway's fast hands, good speed and nice movement all allowed him to dominate and stop 
Hill in round two. The first blow that sent Hill down was a body blow, and the second was a combination on the 
ropes which ended the fight as Hill went down to one knee.
Guy Smith improved to 2-0 with a one-side-one unanimous decision over Andre Tieva 0-2-0. Smith controlled the 
action from start to finish. He used good counter blows and had speed to control the fight.
Tieva put up a good effort, and he was willing to exchange. But in the end, it was Smith who showed focus and 
good head movement to take the decision in a very entertaining fight.
Minnesotaboxing.com would like to thank the fighters, the staff at the Grand Casino (they were very gracious 
and professional and friendly to this writer), and promoter/matchmaker Cory Rapacz for a great night of action.