Police officers, paramedics and firefighters will box in the ‘Twin Cities Battle of the Badges’ to help a dispatcher with cancer.
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Ty Kroll is a Twin Cities Metro-area police officer who lives in Clearwater and grew up in the St. Cloud area.
He is currently preparing to compete in a charity boxing match to benefit a dispatcher with cancer. He will box against a firefighter in the heavyweight division, and there will be other boxing matches that evening between police officers, paramedics and firefighters at the “Twin Cities Battle of the Badges” on April 12 at the Myth Live in Maplewood, Minnesota.
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Krollsaidtheeventisdesignedtobringunitytothecommunitybetweenfirstrespondersandthepublic.
Aftergraduatingfrompolicecollege,Krollstartedinkarate,wonseveralnational-leveldivisionsandeventuallyearnedhisfirstdegreeblackbelt.HethengotinvolvedinBrazilianJiu-Jitsu,alsocompetingintournaments.Duringandaftercollege,hetrainedinboxingclubsbutneverhadanamateurfight.HewasavolunteerreserveofficerfortheAvonPoliceDepartmen
