Ex-top NZ boxer jailed for making P

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A former top New Zealand boxer has been jailed for more than three years for making methamphetamine.

Jeff Smith, 51, was sentenced in Wellington District Court on Friday to three years and two months' jail, The Dominion Post reported.

The former Australasian super featherweight title holder was arrested last year and later pleaded guilty to making methamphetamine.

Smith fought world Number 1s such as Shane Knox and Lester Ellis and Australian Commonwealth boxing champ Paul Ferrari.

He won 23 and lost 11 bouts as a professional but lost only six of 86 fights as an amateur.

- NZPA