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Local boxer back from injury with third pro win

David Beck
David Beck
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22 Jun, 2017 06:42 PM3 mins to read

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Rotorua boxer Tyrone Warren knows how to roll with the punches.

On Saturday, despite undergoing knee surgery just 10 weeks prior, he won his third professional fight - no mean feat against a man nicknamed "the raging bull".

The win, by unanimous decision over Auckland's Mose Auimatagi Jnr, was the main event at the Hardknocks 3 Fight Night in Manurewa and leaves Warren unbeaten since going professional in 2015.

He said he went into the fight with a plan and stuck to it.

"He's a tough fighter, I knew I'd have to be able to take a punch.

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"I knew he walked forwards with a lot of powerful punches so every time he rushed in I stepped back, let him miss and then fired back.

"It's been over a year since my last fight so I wasn't going for a knockout - I wanted to make sure I could go the distance.

"I just stayed calm and relaxed and boxed," said Warren.

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He believed lasting the four three-minute rounds gave him some much-needed match fitness which would serve him well in future fights.

"The knee wasn't actually too bad but my fitness could improve, that's something I'm working on now."

Warren said his biggest strengths were that he was left-handed and could stay calm under pressure.

"It makes me awkward to fight because I'm southpaw and I have my left foot forward - it's unusual and people aren't used to it.

"I've been fighting since I was 12... I'm quite lucky because I've always been pretty calm and relaxed which has helped me a lot over the years."

His father and coach Aaron Warren said Tyrone did well against a strong opponent.

"Mose is quite physically strong and a lot of coaches were saying you'll never put him down.

"We didn't go out there to put him down, we went out there to out-box him and last the four rounds.

"I gave Tyrone instructions to not knock him out and show some skill and talent, he did that with top quality shots.

"He probably hit him 10 times to one."

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Weighing 92kg when he was invited to participate in the fight and needing to weigh 81kg for the fight, Warren managed to lose 11kg in eight weeks.

"The weigh-in was on Friday night so my last meal was on the Wednesday night and I did lots of cardio.

"Ideally I'd like to be between 72-74kg to fight in the middleweight category.

"I enjoy boxing because it's a hard sport, it challenges me and not everyone can do it.

"You definitely get an adrenaline rush going into the ring."

When asked about his future as a boxer he said he was simply taking it "one fight at a time".

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