02-19-2016, 12:18 PM
I remember the first time Joseph and Junior met was at the NZ Nationals. Grant Arkell had moved Joseph up from the Youth to Elite Super Heavy division. Junior won in a good match up but was physically stronger and more experienced. They met again a few months later for a rematch at the ABA, this time Joseph won by a large margin of 12 points (the old scoring system). As a "neutral" boxing coach I thought it was a very close bout and could of gone Juniors way. Funnily enough both the boys coaches, at the time, are very good friends and we have discussed this bout a few times. I believe that they met once outside NZ where Junior fought for Tonga and Joseph fought for NZ. Junior won with AIBA and not our local judges. I don't recall them fighting each other at any other time as Junior competed in the WSB for a few seasons with mixed results