Truax Wins WBF Title in St. Paul!

Posted on | November 23, 2009 | No Comments

St. Paul, MN- In front of a standing room only crowd at the St. Paul Armory Caleb “Golden” Truax of Osseo, MN claimed the WBF Intercontinental Super Middleweight title by cruising to a unanimous decision win over fellow prospect Kerry Hope.

Truax was able to find his rhythm and timing through the early portion of the fight until cuts opened on both fighters after a clash of heads in the third round. Through proficient work of both cutmen, Truax and Hope were able continue with few problems. Truax‘s counter punching ability gave Hope nightmares throughout the ten round affair and a few hard uppercuts drew loud cheers from the pro-Truax crowd.

England’s Hope took a number of hard shots but continued to press forward, although unable to match Truax’s connection percentage. Truax finished the fight strong behind chants of his last name from the St. Paul Armory and a mutual respect between the two combatants was visibly evident.

Scores across the board were 97-93 in Truax’s favor. In addition to picking up the vacant WBF Intercontinental Super Middleweight title, Truax improves to 14-0 (9 KO’s) while Hope falls to 12-3(1 KO).
Truax and his team have stated that they will now set their sights on a bout with Andy Kolle that would establish Minnesota middleweight supremacy.

“We are eying the match up”, said promoter Tony Grygelko. “It is a big fight locally and Caleb is up for it, so now it’s up to Team Kolle to accept the challenge.”

St. Paul’s Mohammed Kayongo returned following a one year layoff to overwhelm James Todd, 2-2, en route to a third round stoppage. Todd was decked in the first round and hung in tough until a beautiful combination from Kayongo put him down for the count in the third round. Kayongo, 15-2 (11 KO’s) claimed the vacant WBF Welterweight title.

Former nationally ranked amateur Michael Faulk improved to 2-0 with a unanimous decision win over Ryan Soft.

The undercard also featured three action packed MMA bouts.

When retired professional boxer Tony Grygelko found himself unable to stay out of the gym, he realized that his passion for boxing was undeniable. At age 29, Grygelko formed Seconds Out Promotions. By utilizing the vast boxing knowledge of world-class trainer Ron Lyke, Grygelko and Seconds Out quickly became a hit.

Through determination, integrity and hard work, Seconds Out strives to become a top promotional firm by giving young fighters the ability to showcase their talents to a worldwide audience, along with offering fans the highest quality of entertainment. Seconds Out is committed to recruitment and development of the best and brightest young fighters to help achieve our mission.

Seconds Out Promotions’ current stable of pugilists includes undefeated prospects “Golden” Caleb Truax, Marcus Oliveria, Michael Faulk, Ismail Muwendo, Jeremy McLaurin, dynamite fisted Heavyweight Joey “Minnesota Ice” Abell, Willshaun Boxley, Charles Meier, Jon “The Ironman” Schmidt, and Mohammed Kayongo.

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