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Troy Laal
== Amateur Career ==

'''Troy Laal''' (Born June 16 1983 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian boxer. Upon dedicating himself to the sport of boxing the age of 13, Troy settled in at "Savard's Gym" on the east side of Vancouver, and began to make a name for himself in the amateur ranks. After winning the silver medel at the Canadian nationals in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada in 2001, for reasons unknown, he simply walked away from amateur boxing. There (contracted; show full)for the duration of his contract (Generally 3 years in Japan). It was during this time that Troy began fighting in unsanctioned club fights that were held by private gyms around Japan. Upon the termination of the 3 year contract, he then traveled back to his native Canada, were he completed his education. On 07/10/2006, Troy won his second (officially recognized) professional bout, in which he defeated former world champion kick boxer Devon Cormac (Brooklyn, New York) in Edmonton, British Columbia, Canada.
 http://www.kickstartmag.ca/online_content/OC_054.htm

Troy Laal currently lives and trains in Japan were he has been scheduled to participate in a “national tournament”. Troy stated in an interview that he plans to continue training here in Japan. When asked why he had not done more up until now during his career, he replied in perfect Japanese,” youth seems to stop you from understanding what your priorities should be”.    

[http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=174670 Troy's professional Record]

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