Joseph Parker and Junior Fa face off; fight details revealed
6 Oct, 2020 11:05am


Joseph Parker and Junior Fa will face off as the highly-anticipated bout between the two Kiwi boxers is confirmed.
Parker vs Fa will take place on December 11 at Spark Arena.

"Given the challenges facing major sporting events around the globe right now, getting this fight over the line is absolutely huge, and we are grateful to our partners Matchroom for their backing to make this happen" said Parker's manager and Duco's founder and Director David Higgins.

"With both boxers inside the WBO top 10 world rankings and in their prime, this is undeniably New Zealand's fight of the century."

Parker is ranked third in the WBO world rankings and Fa is ranked sixth. Both South Auckland fighters are aiming for a shot at the WBO world title and the winner of this highly anticipated bout will put them on a trajectory for a World Heavyweight Title shot.

Fa's promoter Lou DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment, said it is biggest fights in New Zealand history.
"I've always believed that Junior Fa had the ability to become a world champion and, on December 11, he'll have the opportunity to prove that against a former heavyweight champion and amateur rival, in countryman Joseph Parker," DiBella said.

"Not only is this match-up one of the biggest fights in New Zealand history, it has high significance on the heavyweight landscape worldwide, with the winner closing in on a world title shot. With a win, Junior can become a New Zealand sports superstar and a worldwide boxing star in one night. I'm proud to co-promote this historic fight card with David Higgins' Duco Events and Matchroom."

Duco Events, Spark Sport and media partner New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) also announced a New Zealand first three-way partnership to finally get Parker and Fa in the ring.
"The Parker Fa match-up sits perfectly with Spark Sport's purpose to deliver premium live and on-demand sports to a wide-reaching audience. The arrangement between Spark Sport, Duco Events, NZME and the support of presenting partner Stonewood Homes is a great example of not just sitting back and waiting for a sport to come to you, instead we've all got together and made it happen. This will be our second major pay-per-view event after we streamed the Whyte Povetkin bout back in August, so we're excited to bring this Kiwi based event to New Zealand as the exclusive broadcaster," said Head of Spark Sport, Jeff Latch.
Getting the Parker and Fa fight over the line has taken more than eight months of negotiations with the boxers, yet the innovative partnership between Duco Events, Spark Sport, NZME, with the support of presenting partner Stonewood Homes, was pulled together in less than eight weeks, demonstrating the enthusiasm to change the way sport is delivered and promoted in New Zealand, while also ensuring the event took place this year and on Kiwi soil.

"It's been a tough year for New Zealand sports fans with so little in the way of world class live sporting events since Covid-19 hit," said NZME Chief Revenue Officer Paul Hancox.

"For NZME this event encapsulates why we are committed to delivering the very best content to our audiences and advertisers, keeping Kiwis in the know. We are proud to support a spectacle like this, alongside Spark Sport and Duco, to bring sport back to a big arena where it deserves to be," Hancox said.

The heavyweight boxing match-up also marks the return of large-scale marquee events, with 9,000 expected to fill-out Auckland's Spark Arena for the December 11 event. Tickets will start from $69.
Pay-per-view will be priced on a tiered model with super early bird pricing of $39.99 available from today increasing to an early bird price of $49.99 on 27th October and then reverting to the final pay-per-view cost of $59.99 for viewers who purchase the day before or the same day as the fight

Yep, this fight is on SKY SPORT Select, Channel 50 at 1 PM.

THIS MONTH'S TV FIGHTSSeptember 4
Telemundo
TBA

September 5
ESPN+
Jamel Herring vs. Jonathan Oquendo
(WBO jr lightweight title)

September 6
FOX
Yordenis Ugas vs. Abel Ramos
(WBA welterweight title)
Rances Barthelemy vs. Alberto Puello
(WBA interim super lightweight title)

September 12
ESPN+
Egidijus Kavaliauskas vs. Mikael Zewski
(welterweight)

September 19
ESPN+
Jose Pedraza vs. Javier Molina
(jr welterweight)

September 19
Showtime
Erickson Lubin vs. Terrell Gausha
(WBC super welter eliminator)
Tugstsogt Nyambayar vs. Eduardo Ramirez
(WBC featherweight eliminator)

September 26
PPV
Jermall Charlo vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
(WBC middleweight title)
Jermell Charlo vs. Jeison Rosario
(WBC/WBA/IBF jr middleweight titles)

Yep, a free fight this Wednesday from 9PM-1AM NZ time.  Usually it's PPV, but in NZ, it's free.

Channel 55, SKY SPORT 5.

SKY SPORT 9, Channel 59.  1PM-4:30.  Free.  This Sunday in NZ.

Finally.  I'll list the undercard tomorrow

THIS MONTH'S TV FIGHTS August 1

YouTube
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs. Amnat Ruenroeng
(super flyweight)
August 1
DAZN

Sam Eggington vs. Ted Cheeseman
(super welterweight)
August 1
Showtime

Stephen Fulton vs. Angelo Leo
(WBO super bantamweight title)
August 7
DAZN

Chris Billam-Smith vs. Nathan Thorley
(cruiserweight)
August 11
ESPN+

Jono Carroll vs. Maxi Hughes
(lightweight)
August 14
DAZN

Felix Cash vs. Jason Welborn
(middleweight)
August 15
ESPN

Carl Frampton vs. Vahram Vardanyan
(super featherweight)
August 15
DAZN

Cecilia Braekhus vs. Jessica McCaskill
(undisputed female welterweight title)
August 15
Showtime

David Benavidez vs. Roamer Angulo
(WBC super middleweight title)
August 21
Telemundo

Ricardo "Hindu" Espinoza vs. Brandon Valdes
(super bantamweight)
August 22
DAZN

Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin
(WBC interim heavyweight title)
August 22
ESPN

Eleider Alvarez vs. Joe Smith Jr
(light heavyweight)
August 26
ESPN+ ??

Tim Tszyu vs. Jeff Horn
(super welterweight)
August 28
DAZN

Jorge Linares vs. Javier Fortuna
(lightweight)
August 28
Telemundo
TBA
August 29
ESPN+

Daniel Dubois vs. Erik Pfeifer
(heavyweight)
August 29
ESPN
Jose Ramirez vs. Viktor Postal
(WBC/WBO super lightweight titles)

Quigg vs Carroll Matchroom Boxing  Channel 45 on SKY.  8AM until 12:30.

PBC Boxing Output.  Channel 45 on SKY from 2PM-5PM.  They don't list the fighters, but I think that's the Heavyweight Eliminator with Kownacki vs Helenius, and some other good heavyweight fights.

That's this Sunday, NZ time.

Had Mrs D upload this mp3 that GoTheNaki recorded to our website so you can hear it. http://www.solutionsunlimited.co.nz/Mark...0Sport.mp3

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/combat-spo...ely-target

Dazn will be available in NZ in May

Could be in time for Canelo fight


Will only have boxing at this stage so Golden Boy/Matchroom/GGG cards


Joe Parker doesn't appear to be part of the deal though lol, so still have to fork out $40-$60 bucks for him per fight


How much are you willing to pay? I suppose it depends on what you are actually getting really

Friday, March 6
Telemundo (11:35PM ET/PT)
Armando Torres vs. Pinky Alejo
(flyweight)
Saturday, March 7
FOX

Adam Kownacki vs. Robert Helenius
(WBA heavyweight eliminator)
Saturday, March 7
DAZN

Scott Quigg vs. Jono Carroll
(jr lightweight)
Saturday, March 7
ESPN+

Danny Dignum vs. Alfredo Meli
(middleweight)
Thursday, March 12
UFC Fight Pass

Emmanuel Tagoe vs. Rey Perez
(lightweight)
Friday, March 13
Showtime

Brandun Lee vs. Camilo Prieto
(jr welterweight)
Friday, March 13
Telemundo (11:35PM ET/PT)
TBA
Saturday, March 14
ESPN

Shakur Stevenson vs. Miguel Marriaga
(WBO featherweight title)
Saturday, March 14
FS1

James Kirkland vs. Marcos Hernandez
(middleweight)
Tuesday, March 17
ESPN+

Michael Conlan vs. Belmar Preciado
(featherweight)
Thursday, March 19
DAZN

Joet Gonzalez vs. Chris Avalos
(featherweight)
Friday, March 20
ESPN+
Golden Contract
(light heavyweight)
Saturday, March 21
DAZN

Yunier Dorticos vs. Mairis Briedis
(IBF cruiserweight title, WBSS final)
Friday, March 27
DAZN

Francesco Patera vs. Devis Boschiero
(WBA interim lightweight title)
Saturday, March 28
ESPN

Artur Beterbiev vs. Meng Fanlong
(WBC/IBF light heavyweight title)
Saturday, March 28
Showtime

Luis Nery vs. Aaron Alameda
(WBC super bantamweight eliminator)
Otto Wallin vs. Lucas Browne
(heavyweight)
Saturday, March 28
DAZN

Vergil Ortiz vs. Samuel Vargas
(WBA gold welterweight title)
Azat Hovhannisyan vs. Jose Sanmartin
(WBA interim super bantamweight title)
Saturday, March 28
ESPN+

Dominic Boesel vs. Zac Dunn
(WBA interim light heavyweight title)
Agit Kabayel vs. TBA
(heavyweight)
Peter Kadiru vs. TBA
(heavyweight)
Saturday, March 28
DAZN

David Avanesyan vs. Josh Kelly
(welterweight)