I think they're trying to do an 8 man tournament ala Prizefighter.

Only story I've seen on it is here;
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-spor ... for-Sky-TV

Heard a rumour (and it's probably nothing more than that) that they're trying to get Tua involved.

In all honesty I'd be happy to part with $40 if this were a charity event like fight for life or similar. But this is just ridiculous and I hope they don't make a cent off it. Every fight seems to have a celebrities son / brother / uncle or whatever on it. As Ive said before Ill support anyone who w...

Jesus.
Radio ads here are now calling it "NZ's first World Title dwarf fight". FFS.

Craigyid14 wrote:As for the dj fight. Celebrity and corparate boxing is ruining Pro boxing in N.Z and turning it into a laughing stock, rant over.

Bang on mate. Let the dwarfs and DJs fight on the Fight for Life card which is all sideshow anyway.

Oh I've got no issue with them having a crack in the ring. The fact remains that this IS a sideshow though. It's not as if these guys are fighting for some title or have worked their way towards being on a card like this. They're being used as a freak show to sell a few more tickets by Lonergan and ...

Read the papers this morning. They've added a dwarf fight to the card. No seriously. I'm not kidding. http://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/8718072/Dwarfs-to-duke-it-out-to-be-lord-of-the-rings Lonergan claims in this story that this will legitimise dwarf boxing and puts it along side giving women...

AntonS wrote:What purpose would point(s) deduction serve??

Exactly - Hoppa was never going to try and win on points so taking a point away means nothing to him. Would've just been more of the same until the ref got sick of taking points off and stopped it IMO

All Shane needs to do is to just jab away while avoiding Hoppa's wild swings for the first couple of rounds as Hoppa runs out of gumption. Then Hoppa will be out of puff, ready for the coup de grace and a career in hot-dog hawking. Funny - a lot of people said the same thing about the Tua fight :lo...

Should be an easy night for Cameorn to be honest. I've heard Hoppa is all but retired - already decided this will be his last fight, so the mentality going in has to be one of picking up a paycheck. Pity, I reckon if Hoppa could land a real good right hand in the first couple of rounds he could fini...

Just heard that Cameron will be fighting Michael Kirby in Wellington 24th April.
Anyone give the Iron Rhino a chance here? He's supposed to have a pretty good jaw isn't he?

Not very good teachers given that you're using Russell Crowe to teach us Hey he only spent 4 years in NZ before going to Aussie - considering the young age he began to get corrupted at it's amazing he acting like a decent kiwi for as long as he did - it's a bit like a duck that grows up in a chicke...

Aussies are Sheep Rooters... Fixed it for ya... :OhYes: Dont forget - we've only got 45 million or so - while you Aussie have over 120 million... That explains why there is so many Kiwis over here :lol: Nah, all your sheep are mingers, we just come over to help you Aussies figure out the more diffi...

AntonS wrote:Aussies are Sheep Rooters...

Fixed it for ya...
Dont forget - we've only got 45 million or so - while you Aussie have over 120 million...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/3128549/Tua-to-face-former-world-champion Seldon, Ahunanya then the ever dangerous TBA. Limited competiton, but Tua will get some rounds in and more importantly fulfill the MaoriTV contract. I expect to see a fit, motivated David Tua looking for a big fight after these t...

This past Saturday Chauncy stepped it up another notch in winning the WBO Asia-Pacific Interim Title and defending his beloved New Zealand Heavyweight Title against Seiuate Mailata. Winning comfortably 120-108 on two judges cards and 119-108 on the other. Welliver controlled the action right from t...

question to those who know.......... Tua has to fight 2 more fights on his kiwi TV contract. Do they need to be his next two fights, or just two more? The answer puts into perspective his immediate opportunities. From what I hear it's his next 3 fights. All this really means is any promotions he is...

Great fight, IF David comes in that short of shape he was in for Shane he destroys Chris IMHO. It will be fireworks while it lasts. Cant see Arreola hanging with a fit, motivated Tua right now. Although he did show how tough he was against V. Klitschko. Personally i think its a great fight for Dave...

Subject to Australian National Boxing Federation's rule 75 (4) The opponent must sign an ANBF auxiliary contract before he is officially recognized as the champion. "Same would've happened if Tauasa stopped Ammann. Had he outpointed him, the title would've been safe 'cos it was over 8 rounds&q...

AntonS wrote:

Brute wrote:So Wilson is Australian Champion?

Yep! But only 'cos he stopped him. Had he outpointed him, the title would've been declared vacant.

Is this gauranteed? I haven't seen anything in the news about Col getting the title...

Hey im not saying it would be a great fight, just that it kinda makes sense in the current situation. General public think Wilson is a legend now for Stopping Hoppa. And he said hed do it told me at the after party, said hes stupid enough to fight anyone! It makes sense in a sick kind of way, Tua b...

Final prediction for Tua - Cameron.
I may be being a little conservative here but... Tua KO 5.

Marlin wrote:Tua "a little squishy"!?! I don't believe it...

I know - it's such a shock!!!!!

Pics here:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/2925142/Tu ... e-heaviest

Official weights are in - Tua @ 107.8 kg (237.6 pounds) Cameron @ 103.5kg (228.2 pounds)
Tua has been described as "a little squishy" around the middle and Cameron as "ripped from head to toe"
Pics should be up in a little while....

Tua KO 4,
Couldn't care less about Hoppa - Wilson other than a vague hope Wilson wins.
The rest of the card should be pretty competitive IMO

N2 Shape wrote:Saw Kwadjo at the presser so hes in the country obviously, didnt see Tauasa.

Yes I'll be at the weigh-in Darkshark I have Max Alexander fighting so will be there with him!

Oh, sorry didn't realise lmfao
Well good luck to Max and yourselves, should be a good fight.