FREE AMATEUR BOXING EVENT HELD BY THE RED LAKE NATION BOXING CLUB THIS SATURDAY!
The Red Lake Nation Boxing Club hosts a free amateur boxing show on Saturday, July 15, 2023 at the Seven Clans Casino in Red Lake, MN. Weigh-ins begin at Noon with the first bout set to begin at 3 PM. The event is the 6th Annual Vernon Clark Invitational which was started in 2017 to honor Vernon Douglas Clark Sr. who passed away in 2014 at the age of 82. Clark was a long time boxing coach and judge who served on the Red Lake Boxing commission and in the U.S. Army.
Headlining the 14 bout show will be the fourth meeting between 18 year old Michael Sumner of Red Lake, MN and Adam Umland, 18, of the Central MN Boxing Club. Umland holds the 2-1 edge in match ups with Sumner and he plans on using the experience to prepare for the upcoming National Junior Golden Gloves tournament in Orlando, Florida later this month. Sumner will head out to serve in the U.S. Navy after the bout.
“Michael has always been a tough opponent of mine” Umland told MN Boxing”. “I won the first two fights against him and he won the third. We were much younger so it’s hard to say what could happen this fourth fight. I expect it to be an all out war for all three rounds, for nine minutes straight. The fans will be on the edges of their seats and will experience high level amateur boxing. I came ready, I’ve put in countless hours of day and night’s into this and I plan to show that in the ring. I plan to use this fight to prepare for the National Junior Golden Gloves in Orlando, Florida at the beginning of August.”
– Adam Umland
“I’m feeling excited to show out in front of my hometown and going against a very tough opponent which we’ve fought three times prior” said Sumner. “I think this fight will be a war. I’m ready and he’s ready. I don’t think this will be my last fight ever, I have hopes in this sport and soon as I come back from my enlistment, I will be back in the scene of boxing.”
Sumner continued, “With most of my family joining the military around my age, I have to do it to carry on the tradition. My grandpa on my dads side and step grandma both fought in Vietnam and those are the people I look up to. It’s only right I serve and protect my country”.
– Michael Sumner
Boxing in the co-featured bout will be Red Lake, Minnesota’s Antonio Varney. Varney also helps coach at the Red Lake Boxing Club and spoke about his match and what fans can expect.
“I will be boxing Andres Cardona from Fargo Boxing, and the people should expect a great fight from me and everyone else on the team. It’s going to be an exciting, free event so come and tune in. Also, Vernon Clark was a good member of the boxing commission here in Red Lake. He was a supporter of the up and comers here and each show we’ve had is in remembrance of him.”
“We have good fighters coming from all around the area and we’re excited to watch and see some good fights.”
– Antonio Varney
Seven Clans Casino is located at 10200 Highway 89, Red lake, MN 56671 and there are hotel rooms still available.
