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'Straight-out thuggery': Boxing chief slams Dan Hooker-backed $50k fight event
The tournament will allow 32 amateurs to fight for a $50,000 prize.

Sonny Bill's $1m payday as fight with fellow league great confirmed
Williams last fought in a 2020 TKO loss to Mark Hunt.

'The card is a banger': Nyika on SBW v Gallen and his boxing return
David Nyika's return to the ring on the SBW-Gallen card is his first since his KO defeat.

Kiwi boxer to fight undisputed heavyweight champion
Lani Daniels will head overseas to face Claressa Shields on July 27.

High-profile businessman Sir Bob Jones has died
He died in Wellington today and is survived by three sons and six daughters.

‘State-house boy from Naenae’ to property magnate: Sir Bob Jones' colourful, controversial life
He didn’t suffer fools, loved boxing, smoked a pipe and liked to buy buildings on corners.

Alex Mukuka to make professional debut in Te Awamutu
The Commonwealth Games boxer has his eyes set on a world championship belt.

Motu to return to ring in new weight class
The Nightmea is back - and she's haunting opponents in a different weight class.

The best Kiwi sporting moments of the past 25 years
We're counting down through the greatest Kiwi sporting moments.

Former Commonwealth Games boxer avoids jail despite raft of drug charges
The death of Joseph Blackbourn's coach led to him spiralling out of control.

'A fire in my belly': He grew up poor and met dad at 30 - the wild genius behind Synthony
More than 40,000 fans will pack Auckland Domain on Saturday; here's the man behind it all.

‘Once you get the bug’: Father gears up for boxing comeback
Dylan Pearce returns to boxing after seven years for Bay Boxing on the Dock.

Champions celebrated: Northland’s sporting stars shine at awards night
Whangārei boxer Lani Daniels won the Supreme Award at the 2024 Northland Sports Awards.

Boxing icon George Foreman dies, aged 76
'He was deeply respected – a force for good, a man of discipline, conviction.'

How history could repeat to hand Parker second world title shot
OPINION: The reality is the Parker-Usyk fight may not get that far.

Parker v Dubois: Boxing’s title-fight shambles is sign of a troubled sport - Editorial
OPINION: Sports fans want and deserve certainty about the fixtures they follow.

Title shot back on! Parker ready after Usyk ordered to fight Kiwi
The move that could end British fighter Daniel Dubois' hopes of a re-match.

The first Kiwi woman to win a boxing world title: Where is she now?
She won a breakthrough world boxing title but quickly lost her taste for the sport

Joseph Parker’s rescheduled title fight off the cards
British boxer Daniel Dubois is not rescheduling his fight with Parker.

Waikato boxer to make professional debut
The event will be held instead of Lani Daniels' world light heavyweight fight.

‘It doesn’t feel right’: Parker frustrated as title shot remains elusive
Parker may need another fight before a title shot due to boxing politics.