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Berridge post on Facebook this morning
Robert "The Butcher" Berridge Athlete was feeling pumped.
3 hrs · Glenfield ·
Whooohooo BIG fight news to come! #TEAMBUTCHER
Anyone know if it's to headline the blow card????
Meleisea vs Helu II confirmed
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1701/S00241/meleisea-vs-helu-ii-confirmed.htm
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My mate, James Langton, is fighting Tino Honey in March in Auckland. Anyone know anything about Tino other than on boxrec?
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Fight not in NZ
Robert "The Butcher" Berridge Athlete
14 mins · Glenfield ·
Off to Russia, to fight Dmytry Bivol for the interim WBA light heavy weight title, 23rd February! BOOM #TEAMBUTCHER
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Awesome! go Robbie.
anyone know anything about his opponent? Looks like he's 8-0?
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New Zealand boxer Robert Berridge to fight for WBA light heavyweight world title in Russia
Kiwi boxer Robert Berridge will fight for the WBA light heavyweight world title next month.
The 32-year-old signed a deal on Wednesday to fight Russian Dmytry Bivol in Russia for the interim WBA title on February 23.
The fight will be Berridge's 36th in a professional career which stretches back to 2009.
He has a 29 win, five loss, one draw record and his showdown with Bivol will be the biggest assignment in his career as he chases a world title.
Bivol has had eight professional fights to date and has won all eight, with six of them by knockout.
Berridge was impressive when progressing through the ranks early in his professional career but has stalled and regrouped of late.
In 2015 he did land a shot at the IBO title against South African Thomas Oosthuizen in South Africa but lost by unanimous decision.
He has won his last two fights which were against fellow New Zealand boxers Adrian Taihia and Sam Rapira.
Berridge is currently ranked 57th in the world.
MORE TO COME
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According to boxrec, Junior Fa, Conrad Lam and Hemi Ahio will all be fighting in Darwin on March 18
http://boxrec.com/show/744039
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01-28-2017, 09:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-28-2017, 04:21 PM by mippy.)
Jr Fa is fighting Hunter Sam, that's a great fight for Jr
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(01-28-2017, 09:42 AM)mippy Wrote: Jr Facebook is fighting Hunter Sam, that's a great fight for Jr
jnr is fighting in nz on that night. more to come . this was a fight i agreed to in early feb in nz but show fell over. shame we can't do both fights but that is the way it is.
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(01-28-2017, 04:17 PM)markk Wrote: (01-28-2017, 09:42 AM)mippy Wrote: Jr Facebook is fighting Hunter Sam, that's a great fight for Jr
jnr is fighting in nz on that night. more to come . this was a fight i agreed to in early feb in nz but show fell over. shame we can't do both fights but that is the way it is.
So none of those fights are going ahead?
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If the NZ fight is against Afa or Daniel Tai, can't he pull out and fight Hunter Sam? Bigger fight on assuming a bigger card