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Women’s Title fight gets an upgrade
Women’s Title fight gets an upgrade
On September
24th in Auckland, New Zealand, The Tongan Goddess Nailini
Helu will go against Ange Davis. Just announced today, this
Main event will not only be for the Vacant Women’s NZPBA
(New Zealand National) Heavyweight Title, but it will also
be for the UBF Asia Pacific Heavyweight title.
This
bout will be making history as both title’s has never had
a Female Heavyweight Champion before. The UBF Asia Pacific
title is relatively new with only one champion. The first
Champion was crowned July this year, where the 21 year old,
Mose Auimatagi Jnr defeated former WBO Oriental and WBA PABA
Champion Gunnar Jackson.
The bout was in jeopardy
last week where Ange Davis suffered an ankle injury, however
after recent scans, the doctor are pretty confident that
Davis will be medically cleared to fight. Davis is a well
know Kickboxer in New Zealand, with the fight record of five
wins, 4 loses and one draw. Davis is also a former TBANZ
Super Middleweight Women’s kickboxing champion. This will
be Davis first fight in over two years, making this a big
challenge for the returning heavyweight.
Nailini
Helu is a three time New Zealand Amateur Champion. She is
currently 2 - 0 in her professional career and is ranked 9th
on Boxrec and 9th on UBF. On her debut in April this year,
Helu won the inaugural Royal Rampage World Title against
Kirsty Lupeamanu. Helu is looking to win her first major
title and to fight for a world title this time next year.
Nailini is the older sister to up and coming Tongan Boxer,
Panuve Helu, who just recently won a bout this month.
Also on the fight card will be 1995 New Zealand
Amateur Champion Zane McNab vs former NZPBA Champion Daniel
Maxwell, Kendall Cooper vs Jonathan Taylor, Sarah Long vs
2012 New Zealand Amateur Champion Cheyenne Whaanga and Craig
Thomson against an opponent that is still to be
announced.
BTW Promotions Presents Fight 4
Charity
September 24th
ABA Stadium
1 Ngahura Street
Eden Terrace
Auckland
Get your tickets
from Eventfinda
GA tickets $40
Door Sales $50 if GA tickets don’t sell out
www.eventfinda.co.nz/2016/btw-promotions-presents-fight-charity/auckland/eden-terrace
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