Region 4 day one results (semifinals) in Wadena

1. 65 lbs Fernando Zavala (Willmar) dec Matt Umland (Wadena)

-Both were throwing a lot of punches and landing a lot. Close fight. Fernando has a nice uppercut.

2. 155 lbs Beau Denk (SCGG) dec Dylan Houle (Cloquet)

-This one left me scratching my head. Dylan was quicker, landing more shots and would change from southpaw to orthodox many times….he was the taller, more lanky boxer and Beau was stronger and may have been landing harder shots, but I thought Dylan won this fight no question.

3. 110 lbs Nathan Scott (Brainerd) dec Eloy Zavala (Willmar)

-Close, evenly matched fight with both boxers throwing good combinations.

4. 165 lbs Travis Petro (Wadena) RSC2 Kory Monacelli (Leech Lake)

-This was entertaining, one of the best fights of the night. Both were landing huge shots. Travis began landing huges punches resulting in the ref giving Kory 3 standing 8s and waving it off. Really good fight.

5. 175 lbs Gage Follet RSC1 Nick Soliah (Fergus Falls)

-Gage was outclassing Nick with quick, powerful punches and the bout was stopped in the 1st.

****REGION IV SEMIFINALS****

6. 152 lbs Jesse Wannamacher (Fergus Falls) RET2 Tom Fanjoy (Brainerd)

-Tom has quick hands but Jesse was landing the more accurate, harder punches. Tom retired in the 2nd from what it looked like a hand/thumb injury.

7. 152 lbs TJ Steward (Wadena) dec Brendan Feiler (SC Workout)

-This was a close fight with both guys gassing hard by the end. Lots of inside/brawling type fighting which took a lot of wind out of them. TJ winning sets up the Region IV championship rematch from 2009 with Jesse Wannamacher……should be another war and close fight, looking forward to it.

8. 165 lbs Shane Kern (Detroit Lakes) dec John Geyer (SCGG)

-I was looking forward to this fight the most after seeing it on the program. John is pretty skilled with good fundamentals and quick hands. Shane Kern is very strong but not as fast as other 165 pounders. Both fighters came out throwing good punches and all of a sudden Kern stretched Geyer with a huge straight right hand that left geyer on his back. Geyer made it out of the round and actually battled back and won the second round after losing the first. Kern was getting tired and the third round was very close. Kern will fight Travis Petro in the final tomorrow night.

9. HWY Trent Petro (Wadena) dec Ben Dohls (Willmar)

-Trent was the smaller man but fought beautifully. Pounded Dohls to the body and has a sweet left hook to the head. Dohls looked like he had the wind knocked out of him and couldn’t do anything to stop Petro from landing shots. Good fight for Trent.

10. HWY Glenn Sommars (White Earth) dec John Laplant (SCGG)

-Laplant has impressed me in the past and landed some huge shots on Glenn, but Glenn fought very well and was quicker and took the fight to John. Sommars wore him down and won a clear decision. Sommars will fight Trent Petro in the final tomorrow.

11. S-HWY Justin Issacson (Wadena) dec Judd Worley (SC Workout)

-Justin came out swinging and floored Judd just seconds into the round…..it looked to be all over for Judd. Worley fought back and by the second round, Issacson was getting tired. Judd almost won the last two rounds but came up short. Issacson will face Eric Lamb (SCGG) in the final.

132 and 178 lb championship bouts will be held tomorrow night.