BOXING: HUGE FIGHTS FOR JAMES, SANDS

Jamal James, Left and COD teammate Nate Haile in California.

Jamal James of Minneapolis and Al Sands of Duluth will try to keep the Minnesota boxing scene rolling following Caleb Truax’s world title victory last weekend. The two local boxers are fighting this Friday night on separate corners of the world and each have an opportunity to bring home a big victory.

Minnesota State welterweight champion Jamal “Shango” James (21-1, 9 KO’s) of Minneapolis, MN has returned to California where he headlines a big fight card this Friday night. It will be another high level clash of styles as the boxer James meets the brawler Diego Gabriel Chaves on Fox Sports 1. That type of match up is nothing new to James, who’s boxing skills have made him famous for out dueling hard nosed punchers in the past.

READ PREMIER BOXING’S FULL INTERVIEW WITH JAMES HERE

Al Sands, center, with Mike McKean and John D’Auria in Russia.

On the same night but much earlier local time, “The Haitian Tempation” Al Sands (20-2, 18 KO’s) faces Russian Yury Kashinsky (14-0, 13 KO’s). Sands and his team have been training all week at the World Class Gym, Ekaterinburg, Russia. The fight will be streamed live online and we will provide the link leading up to the fight (between 6AM and 10AM). Sands is challenging Kashinsky for the WBO Oriental Cruiserweight title.

CHECK OUT OUR STORY PUBLISHED LAST MONTH ABOUT THE FIGHT HERE