BOXING: GENERATION NEXT BOXING RESULTS FROM DULUTH

Danny “Lionheart” Huffman (now 3-0-1, 1 KO) of Duluth, MN remained unbeaten on Friday, October 11th with a four round majority decision victory over Jake Henriksen (3-5) of Glyndon, MN. The fight took place at Duluth’s Sports Garden and the boxers weighed in two pounds over the welterweight limit. The meeting turned out to be an entertaining back and forth battle. Huffman used good lateral movement and hard straight punches according to his coach Zach Walters to pick up the win.

Danny Huffma with his hands raised after a majority decision win. Photo courtesy of Walters Photography/Jungle Boy Boxing

Walters’ nephew Jesse “Primo” Walters moved to (2-0, 2 KO’s) with a dynamite TKO victory over Tyler Stokes (now 0-1) in front of his hometown fans. Walters says that Stokes started the fight aggressively with bad intentions, but ran into some well timed and placed punches from Walters which crumbled him to the canvas . A few seconds after the first knockdown, “Primo” had decked Stokes to the mat two more times with wicked combination punches. Stokes’ corner stopped the fight after 3rd knockdown.

Jesse Walters on the attack. Photo courtesy of Walters Photography/Jungle Boy Boxing

Duluth’s Amy Lemenager (1-0, 1 KO) won her pro debut with a 2nd round TKO over New Town, North Dakota’s Kayla Bradly (0-2-1). Lemenager, who is also well known in the hockey world as a former goalie was able to stick to her game plan and over-power Bradly.

Amy Lemenager, left, lands a hard right in her anticipated pro debut. Photo by Walters Photography/Jungle Boy Boxing

Jesse Wannemacher (0-1) of Superior, Wisconsin was shocked by the debuting Mark Slyter (2-6) of Kansas. Wannemacher began the fight by delivering a beating to Slyter but ran into a huge punch that he could not recover from. Afterward, Wannemacher was upset with himself for getting overly aggressive in his pursuit of an opening round stoppage win.

Jesse Wannemacher, right looking for a quick finish. His opponent Mark Slyter weathered the storm and landed a big shot moments later. Photo courtesy of Walters Photography/Jungle Boy Boxing

In a heavyweight match, Canada’s Colin Sangster won his pro boxing debut with second round knockout over Minneapolis kickboxer Phil Latu (now 0-1).

Colin Sangster lands a hard right hand during the heavyweight bout of the night. Photo courtesy of Walters Photography/Jungle Boy Boxing

EXTERNAL FIGHT RECAP LINKS BELOW

JUNGLE BOY BOXING FACEBOOK: Jesse Walters Post Fight Interview

JUNGLE BOY BOXING FACEBOOK: Danny Huffman Post Fight Interview

WDIO: Pro Boxers From Duluth’s ‘Jungle Boy Gym’ Ready For What’s Next

DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE: Lemenager wins pro debut