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Oh damn, was hoping to catch his fight. Good work Mose!!!
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You can watch it back on Sky Sports Boxing Facebook page, skip straight to round six for the action.
https://m.facebook.com/skysportsboxing/?tsid=0.017702861164284323&source=result
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Wow, talk about last minute. He offered nothing all fight
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This sounded odd for Rapira to be back at a new weight against a guy like this but then I checked boxrec. He's 38 and some of his 15 losses are to guys I've never heard of but I like Sam so good luck to him.
Boxer Sam Rapira dusts off gloves to get back into the ring
https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/103325413/sam-rapira-dusts-off-gloves-to-get-back-into-the-ring
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Bad news. Sam is pretty beat up from some wars. Needs to retire.
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Apart from the four fights he has lost I can't remember anyone else laying a glove on him. Has only been stopped by Reece Papuni and Ryan Ford.
Berridge and Powdrill didn't inflict much damage did they?
I take your point but because we have so few active fighters in NZ any extra addition is a bonus unless they are really well passed it.
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(04-26-2018, 11:12 PM)justafan Wrote: Apart from the four fights he has lost I can't remember anyone else laying a glove on him. Has only been stopped by Reece Papuni and Ryan Ford.
Berridge and Powdrill didn't inflict much damage did they?
I take your point but because we have so few active fighters in NZ any extra addition is a bonus unless they are really well passed it.
A friend of mine who knows him well told me this. I saw the Ford fight. He really got beat up. Sam thought he was out-classed. He really wasn't. It was more that Ford's punches hurt Sam, but not the other way around.