MAJOR: Arber Xhekaj sets the stage for a future fight, and it promises to be intense with Matt Rempe

Engels: "Have you paid attention to what the Rempire State Building has been up to?"

Xhekaj: "How could I not? He's everywhere right now. Honestly, that's pretty cool. Good for him"


Engels: "What do you make of how often he's dropped 'em, and the opponents he's faced?"

Xhekaj: "It's pretty crazy. He got the call, and he's got the balls to do it. Those are big-boy fights – six to eight punches to the face, and his face is banged up to – and he's getting chased by Reaves all game, and still, in the third, he's willing to answer the bell. Good fot him."

Engels: "I feel like Deslauriers is one of the most intimidating players in the game. What about facing him?"

Xhekaj: "It was probably the best fight I've seen in the last 10 years. The guys don't fight like that anymore. Deslauriers did fight like that back in the day, and once a guy will trade with him, he'll trade. He doesn't punch light, I can tell you firsthand."

Engels: "You watching all this and thinking at all about you guys eventually squaring off?"

Xhekaj: "Obviously! If he sticks around, we'll probably have a couple of fights in our career down the road. I did play him in the minors. He knows his role, and he doesn't care and is going to do whatever it takes."

- Eric Engels & Arber Xhekaj