Here's some of the article Veritas was referring to in the manawatu standard. Interesting Jimmy Thunder had a fight in Manawatu i don't know if it was while he was pro he was talented too but also had some flaws:
the jam-packed night of boxing extravaganza in Arena 2 on Saturday night, my only sliver of doubt was about the old Turk.
Yakup Saglam was supposedly the toughest opponent Joseph Parker had faced.
But all Parker did was bash Yakup about the face like a Gatling gun and the white towel came whooshing in from Saglam's corner.
We can never be sure of the worth of opponents brought in to pave the upward path of a future title challenger.
We do know the Parker camp could not afford a loss at this stage of his career. It would railroad everything.
The question of Saglam's ring cred was asked of Parker after the fight and one of his miffed minders, Dean Lonergan, quickly interjected to say anyone would have bit the dust under Parker's avalanche.
Saglam was obviously in his career twilight zone at age 38 against a fit, young 23-year-old.
By day Saglam is an engine fitter. Parker is a fulltime fighter.
Disappointing the main event might have been, but at least the invited opponent lasted 45 seconds into round two.
Back in 1987, 22-year-old amateur Jimmy Peau, later Jimmy Thunder, fought in the very same Arena (then called the Manawatu Sports Stadium). Almost before our photographer could blink, Peau had knocked cold tubby American Howard Lake in 1 min 15 secs.
Boxing is such a convoluted world of international organisations it is hard to know what being the German heavyweight champion means.
Saglam has a son at home in Rheinland-Pfalz and his corner man Detlef Loritz certainly wasn't going to risk their man standing up after the clobbering for another dose of anaesthesia.
Parker though does have mesmerising hand speed.
The Duco people did bring in fighters from overseas and two Australian press reporters flew in to check out The Hornet, Queenslander Jeff Horn, who looked to be of high class they way he flattened Ghana's Richmond Djarbeng.
■Bravo to the Palmerston North City Council through their subsidiary Arena Manawatu for sticking their necks out to get the boxing to the city.
While the risk proved to be minimal, the council did undertake to underwrite the venture to get it to Palmerston North for the first time.
We hear the guarantee was passed within six weeks in terms of ticket sales and in the end Duco Events sold 780 seats at corporate tables.
It brought us a little taste of Las Vegas or Madison Square Garden.
Martin Snedden has brought extra professionalism to Duco since he joined them. Boxing can't be get much further from one of his previous jobs at New Zealand Cricket.
We understand Duco were easier to negotiate with than the Hurricanes franchise when they bring rugby to Palmerston North.
the jam-packed night of boxing extravaganza in Arena 2 on Saturday night, my only sliver of doubt was about the old Turk.
Yakup Saglam was supposedly the toughest opponent Joseph Parker had faced.
But all Parker did was bash Yakup about the face like a Gatling gun and the white towel came whooshing in from Saglam's corner.
We can never be sure of the worth of opponents brought in to pave the upward path of a future title challenger.
We do know the Parker camp could not afford a loss at this stage of his career. It would railroad everything.
The question of Saglam's ring cred was asked of Parker after the fight and one of his miffed minders, Dean Lonergan, quickly interjected to say anyone would have bit the dust under Parker's avalanche.
Saglam was obviously in his career twilight zone at age 38 against a fit, young 23-year-old.
By day Saglam is an engine fitter. Parker is a fulltime fighter.
Disappointing the main event might have been, but at least the invited opponent lasted 45 seconds into round two.
Back in 1987, 22-year-old amateur Jimmy Peau, later Jimmy Thunder, fought in the very same Arena (then called the Manawatu Sports Stadium). Almost before our photographer could blink, Peau had knocked cold tubby American Howard Lake in 1 min 15 secs.
Boxing is such a convoluted world of international organisations it is hard to know what being the German heavyweight champion means.
Saglam has a son at home in Rheinland-Pfalz and his corner man Detlef Loritz certainly wasn't going to risk their man standing up after the clobbering for another dose of anaesthesia.
Parker though does have mesmerising hand speed.
The Duco people did bring in fighters from overseas and two Australian press reporters flew in to check out The Hornet, Queenslander Jeff Horn, who looked to be of high class they way he flattened Ghana's Richmond Djarbeng.
■Bravo to the Palmerston North City Council through their subsidiary Arena Manawatu for sticking their necks out to get the boxing to the city.
While the risk proved to be minimal, the council did undertake to underwrite the venture to get it to Palmerston North for the first time.
We hear the guarantee was passed within six weeks in terms of ticket sales and in the end Duco Events sold 780 seats at corporate tables.
It brought us a little taste of Las Vegas or Madison Square Garden.
Martin Snedden has brought extra professionalism to Duco since he joined them. Boxing can't be get much further from one of his previous jobs at New Zealand Cricket.
We understand Duco were easier to negotiate with than the Hurricanes franchise when they bring rugby to Palmerston North.