NZ Boxing with Johnny Lloyd

New Zealand Boxing – August 2009

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. […]

New Zealand's First British Empire Champion

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 […]

New Zealand Boxing News – June 2009

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 […]

NZ Boxing Heads of Rival Bodies in Ringside Argument

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 […]

New Zealand Boxing March 2009

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 […]

Reflections of 2008

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 […]

New Zealand Boxing News, August 2008

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 […]

Is This New Zealand Record?

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 […]

New Zealand Boxing News June 2008

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. […]

New Zealand Boxing April May 08 — Promising Ray Musson (69.1kg) in only his second professional contest faced a daunting task when he squared off against Aussie, Paz Viejo (69.7kg) at the ABA Stadium on Thursday April 24.

Promising Ray Musson (69.1kg) in only his second professional contest faced a daunting task when he squared off against Aussie, Paz Viejo (69.7kg) at the ABA Stadium on Thursday April 24. Paz a veteran of 33 licensed bouts and countless tent fights, completely bamboozled the young Musson in the early rounds incorporating many of the old […]