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Tongan Born New Zealand Boxer Receives World Rankings For First Time In Eight-year Professional Career
Monday, 25 November 2024, 9:54 pm | Benjamin Watt
30-year-old Tongan-born boxer Auckland resident “The Tongan Goddess” Nailini Helu is now ranked 6th in the Light Heavyweight division in the IBF, receiving her first major world rankings in her professional boxing career. More >>
New Zealand Volunteer Boxing Records Keeper Calls It Quits After 10 Years Of Service
Monday, 25 November 2024, 10:41 am | Benjamin Watt
32-year-old Boxing records keeper for and judge Benjamin Thomas Watt (Ngāpuhi) has decided to retire after 10 years of service to New Zealand boxing after 2024. Watt started records keeping for Boxrec in November 2014 and has been a boxing judge ... More >>
Michael Reynolds Gets A Career-defining Opportunity To Fight Under The Largest Boxing Promoters In Australasia
Friday, 23 August 2024, 10:17 am | Benjamin Watt
Confirmed this week that Kapiti Paraparaumu's own Michael Reynolds will fight on a No Limit Boxing card on Wednesday, 28th of August, in a possible career-defining fight. More >>
New Zealander Nicila Costello Becomes Two-division Australian Boxing Champion In Rematch
Sunday, 18 August 2024, 3:23 pm | Benjamin Watt
Costello has stopped two of her opponents in the past, but this so far has been her fastest knockout yet with such a massive achievement as it can be a rarity to see in women's boxing. More >>
Tongan Nailini Helu Retains South Pacific Title Against Hamiltons Tinta Smith
Sunday, 18 August 2024, 3:21 pm | Benjamin Watt
The rematch between Tongan-born New Zealander Nailini Helu and Maori Hamilton boxer Tinta Smith for the South Pacific (PBCNZ version) title ended in a repeat, with Helu winning by Split Decision. It has been one whole year since Nailini Helu has been ... More >>
Floyd Masson Returns With A Massive Stoppage Win In A New Zealander Vs New Zealander Battle In Australia
Sunday, 18 August 2024, 2:12 pm | Benjamin Watt
Te Awamutu-born Floyd Masson has returned in a massive battle on Saturday night at the Mansfield Tavern in Queensland, Australia, winning by stoppage against Aucklands Joshua Francis. It's been 11 months since we saw former IBO World Crusierweight champion ... More >>
Christchurch Boxer Kwahli Beauchamp Gets Second Knockout Win In Last Minute Fight In Thailand
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 10:27 pm | Benjamin Watt
19 year old from Christchurch Kwahli Beauchamp gets another knockout win in Thailand after taking a fight on short notice, winning against Chaowalit Choedram in Kwahli's second professional boxing fight. Kwahli Beauchamp's international roadshow continues ... More >>
Jerome Pampellone Gets A Second Chance At A World Title Eliminator In A Trans Tasman Fight
Sunday, 28 July 2024, 5:14 pm | Benjamin Watt
On paper, both boxers are in similar career positions, having won multiple significant national, regional, and international titles, been ranked highly, and suffered losses at various points in their careers. More >>
Tinta Smith Set To Fight On World Title Undercard
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 6:47 pm | Benjamin Watt
Smith is a multiple New Zealand amateur boxing champion and recently won her first professional boxing fight when she became the first New Zealand Cruiserweight female professional champion against Sequita Hemingway in May. More >>
Christchurch’s Kwahli Beauchamp Wins Pro Boxing Debut In Thailand
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 11:02 am | Benjamin Watt
19-year-old Three-time amateur New Zealand boxing champion Kwahli Beauchamp won his professional boxing debut in Thailand on Sunday night against a last-minute opponent. More >>
Former IBO World Boxing Champion Floyd Masson Returns Against Former New Zealand Champion
Monday, 22 July 2024, 7:38 pm | Benjamin Watt
This is a very tough fight for both boxers as they have similar boxing styles, heavy punchers and strong chins that are hard to knockdown let alone stop. More >>
End Of An Era, Michelle Preston Hangs Up The Gloves For The Last Time
Friday, 19 July 2024, 3:57 pm | Benjamin Watt
“I’m happy I left everything in the ring, and you can’t do more than that, but I’m also a purist, to be the best, you have to beat the best”, said Preston. More >>
Lani Daniels To Defend Her IBF World Light Heavyweight Title Against World-ranked Boxer In Possible Last Fight In NZ
Tuesday, 16 July 2024, 7:17 pm | Benjamin Watt
This will be a big homecoming for Lani Daniels as most people know she might have been born and raised in Pipiwai, Northland, but she has also lived in Hamilton during her 20s. More >>
Christchurch Boxer Kwahli Beauchamp Set For Busy Six Months With Pro Debut In Thailand
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 5:07 am | Benjamin Watt
Kwahli Beauchamp / Supplied Three-time New Zealand national champion Kwahli Beauchamp, 19, will be busy making the most of the last half of 2024 and will make his professional boxing debut in late July. As announced by father and trainer Nort Beauchamp, Kwahli ... More >>
Geovana Peres Makes History In Second New Zealand National Muay Thai Title Win
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 4:10 am | Benjamin Watt
Geovana Peres made history in Tauranga on Saturday night, winning her second Muay Thai professional title against Hometown favourite Faith Mcmah and becoming the first-ever WBC Muay Thai Heavyweight female champion. More >>
John Parker Gets Major Regional Title Shot In Hamilton
Thursday, 20 June 2024, 8:35 pm | Benjamin Watt
John Parker will be taking on Fijian National Champion Alivereti Kauyaca for the IBF Pan Pacific Cruiserweight title for his chance to get into the top 15 of the IBF rankings at GLOBOX Arena (also known as Claudelands Arena) on the 7th of September. ... More >>
Arena Boxing Returning To Hamilton With New Promotion
Monday, 17 June 2024, 2:58 pm | Benjamin Watt
Boxing will be returning to the GLOBOX Arena (also known as Claudelands Arena) on the 7th of September under a new promotion, “Ironfist Promotions”, with John Parker and Liam Messam already confirmed for the first show. More >>
Māori Boxer Wins New Zealand Light Heavyweight Title
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 1:32 pm | Benjamin Watt
Michael Herangi-Helg (Ngāpuhi/Waikato-Tainui) has won the New Zealand national (PBCNZ version) Light Heavyweight title against Joshua Tai at Alexandra Park, becoming the first Light Heavyweight champion in four years. More >>
Historic IBF Rankings Update
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 6:26 pm | Benjamin Watt
Since their first World Women's champion in 2010 when Daniella Smith won the first IBF World title, the IBF has had a Women's rankings from April 2011. However, not all divisions in the women's rankings were recognised throughout the years. Today ... More >>
Daniella Smith To Be Inducted Into The Hall Of Fame
Sunday, 29 January 2023, 6:49 pm | Benjamin Watt
The first ever IBF Women's world champion, Northland's own Daniella Smith will be inducted into the International Womens Boxing Hall of Fame. This year the International Womens Boxing Hall of Fame is an extra special ceremony as it will not only celebrate ... More >>
