Professional Boxing in NZ

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Moses Auimatagai was punch perfect stopping Ivana Siau last night in 4 rounds, he dropped him in the first, outboxed him in the 2nd and 3rd, dropped him again in the 4th and then finished him off perfectly. Siau was game but outclassed, I hope Auimatagai gets a bit of coverage now he'd be great for the bill on the 21st, a real classy operator. Tino Honey beat Alapati Afoa on points over four, I was a little disappointed with Honey, although kickboxer Afoa was tough and awkward. Honey probably shaded the first three, maybe 2-1 but looked a class above in the fourth. Craig Thomson didn't fight, his opponent failed a pre fight medical. Apparently he turned up pretty ill, I'll get the guts of it later. It was a good show, a few too many corporate fights for my liking (12) and not enough pro, but it was sold out which can only be good for NZ. One of Joseph Parkers wbc regional belts got sold for charity was quite surprised it only sold for $1500. Had a chat with Nik the Greek there, he was saying he didn't know anything about fighting Adrian Taihia (I'd heard this bout wasn't happening before hand). He's fighting Ghanian born Fijian Joseph Kwadjo on the July 1st bill. Quite interestingly he said he'd fight Robbie Berridge on the Parker undercard but would have to fight at a few kilos over the light heavy limit as he didn't think he could drop all the weight in time. The butcher declined, fair enough if Berridge wants it at the light heavy limit. It'll be interesting to see who he gets.