Vai Toavai Shane Cameron Shane Cameron and Daniel Codling Shane Cameron Richard Tutaki Dave Collins Gerhard Zohs Mark Robertson Simise Pone Peter Derrick Phil Hellisoe Paulo Tui Pantera Dinesh Shandil and Pantera Junior Patti Charon Hepi Lava Savilio Iona Tana Puna Chris Rehu Garth DaSilva
Outdoor wrestling returned to New Zealand when at Auckland's huge Carlaw Park, former "Kangaroo" Roy "Husky" Heffernan, the Australian heavyweight champion, faced up to New Zealand Champion Big John DaSilva. Roy has wrestled in 45 different countries but this was his first visit to New Zealand. His old "Kangaroo" partner, Al Costello, was well known […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com photos © John Donehue John is the Australian representative for the Jiu-Jitsu team Nova Uniao which has such high calibre BJJ and MMA competitors as Shaolin, BJ Penn, Charuto Verissimo, Robson Moura and Leo Santos to name a few under founder Andre Pederneiras John Donehue's introduction to a fighting system […]
It seems to be Murphy's Law – every time you put on the fight of the year a small crowd is in attendance. The Auckland Boxing Association gave their stadium gratis to Grant Arkell (Papatoetoe Gym) and Lape Tulisi (Private Eye Gym) to promote a fundraiser for their respective gymnasiums on July 24. Unfortunately only […]
Top New Zealand heavyweight prospect, Shane Cameron was forced to go the distance for the first time in his professional career when he outpointed tough Hiriwa Te Rangi over eight rounds at the Fielding Civic Centre on July 23. Apart from the third round when he landed a terrific right uppercut that visibly shook Te […]
Promoter Dinesh Shandill and the Auckland Boxing Association co-operated to stage a pro-am card at the ABA Stadium on August 5. Featured top bout was between Guillermo ("Pantera") Mosquera 62.5kg and former New Zealand amateur and professional lightweight champion Peter Warren 57.9kg plus two other pro fights and the undercard was the Auckland Provincial novice […]
The Auckland Provincial Amateur Boxing Championships held at the ASA Stadium on Thursday August 26 had only 16 nominations, which resulted in just five bouts, the poorest turnout in living memory and shows the state of amateur boxing in New Zealand. Just ten years ago the Auckland Champs held to be held over two sessions, […]
As a youngster in the 1950's I used to read all the American wrestling and boxing magazines. That's where I got to know Pepper Gomez. He featured prominently in all the magazines, as he was a superstar who used to throw his body around and was more acrobatic than most wrestlers. So I was saddened […]
Caution:The contents of this article are for education purposes only. The principles described are extremely dangerous and are for military close combat training and operations only. Their application applies solely to the military. Military close combat is all about taking out the enemy at all costs and training the way one intends to operate, "Kill […]
"Nugget" was a top wrestler in the days when the smaller boys got their chance, and put on outstanding all-action professional contests. He could wrestle, was an outstanding athlete, and often took to the air with a flying dropkick to stun an opponent. The May Road boys at Mt Roskill later moved to the Auckland […]