A billed New Zealand cruiserweight title fight between Soulan Pownceby and Bob Gasio had to be re-scheduled when it became obvious that Gasio could not make the weight (why do boxers insist that they can make lower weights). Gasio and Pownceby finally teed off at the ABA Stadium on July 17 in a catchweight contest. […]
It was boxing's luck that Bos Murphy – he got the moniker from his second name Boswell – turned to the fight game. As a youth he was an outstanding cricketer and soccer player and he could have been anything in those sports. But he took up boxing aged nine at Dick Dunn's boxing gym […]
Promoter Ofisa Vili switched his base of fight promotions on April 23rd from his usual South Auckland venue, Manurewa, into the Auckland Boxing Association's headquarters in Eden Terrace (once described by a visiting Aussie as NZ's Leichardt Stadium). A packed house saw Soulan Pownceby in action against journeyman Ioane Taulamago over four rounds of a […]
The heads of two rival controlling boxing bodies (there are in fact about five such organisations in NZ), Lance Revill (president of New Zealand Professional Boxing Association) and Gary McCrystal (president of New Zealand National Boxing Federation) clashed in a war of words at the Manurewa Netball Stadium on Friday, March 27th. McCrystal refereed and […]
On Saturday, March 7, New Zealand heavyweight champion Shane Cameron returned to his home town (Gisborne, on the North Island's east coast) and pleased 3000 locals by stopping American journeyman Robert Davis in 11 rounds thus retaining his IBF Pan Pacific heavyweight title. Promoter Ken Reinsfield (also Cameron's manager) pulled the right rein when he […]
Undoubtedly the Shane Cameron-Terry Smith heavyweight slug-fest at Christchurch on September 27th was the New Zealand fight of the year. American Smith was down and in all sorts of trouble in rounds seven and 10. But actually survived to wobble Cameron with some overhand rights only to lose a unanimous decision which had television ratings […]
The Auckland Boxing Association staged the last promotion of the year at their headquarters at 1 Ngahura Street, Eden Terrace, Auckland on December 8th. In the main event Daniella Smith (65.8kg) retained her New Zealand welterweight title with a unanimous point’s decision over former kick boxer Lisa Mauala (66.3kg) over six rounds. Although there was […]
Big Native American heavyweight Chauncy Welliver won the vacant New Zealand National Boxing Federation version of the heavyweight title (Shane Cameron holds the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association crown) in bizzare circumstances at the Auckland YMCA on August 16 when his opponent Daniel Tai was disqualified after landing a series of low blows in the […]
Adrian Taihia (74.9kg) had local boxing historians searching through the record books after he blasted out Blair Seagar (76kg) in 12s of the first round at the ABA Stadium on July 31st. Taihia stormed out of his corner, threw an overhand right and dropped Seagar and that was that. Referee John Conway started to count […]
Tall US heavyweight Kevin "Big Dog" Montiy copped plenty in his bout with NZ heavy champion, Shane Cameron, on Saturday, June 2nd reports Mahoney. The result at Wellington's TSB Stadium was good news for Cameron's comeback and Montiy's failure to throw enough bombs to even look like opening up his cut-prone rival was even better. […]