WINNIPEG, MB

Popular local children’s entertainers Fred Penner and Al Simmons will square off this fall to determine the World Heavyweight Champion.

“I’ve got a lot of beefing up to do before then,” said Juno Award-winning Simmons. “But I think it’ll all be worth it to finally determine once and for all which Manitoba children’s performer is the best boxer.”

Penner and Simmons began playing together in the mid-70s with the folk group Kornstock and, since then, have both gone on to become world-renowned family entertainers. It is still not known, however, which of them is the better boxer.

“I hear Vegas is giving Penner 5:3 odds,” said Simmons. “Well I think a lot of people will be surprised with my killer left hook.”

Penner says he can match Simmons’ left hook with his powerful upperc

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