Princess Tiger Confirmed To Fight In Auckland

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Friday 19th October 2007

Princess Tiger Confirmed To Fight In Auckland

Source: eventpolynesia.com

Event Polynesia Boxing this week announced the line up for its Pro-Am boxing event to be held on Tuesday 20th November at the Otara Recreation Centre in Auckland.

Boxing promoter and managing director of Event Polynesia, Mr. Teleiai Su’a Edwin Puni also confirmed Princess Tiger, a crowd favorite in Samoa, to fight on the night in one of the two fa’afafine bouts.

“Introducing fa’afafine and grassroots corporate class bouts has certainly added a new following to New Zealand boxing,” said Mr. Puni.

The Event Polynesia Boxing fight in August this year saw fa’afafine boxing in New Zealand for the first time, although a regular part of boxing in Samoa. It also attracted huge interest from around New Zealand and Australia.

According to Mr. Pat Leonard, National Secretary of the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association, “It was a fantastic night and with a sellout crowd like that, it is what the boxing scene in New Zealand requires.

The same reaction is shared by Ms. Tui Gallagher, President of the Auckland Boxing Association, “It was pleasing to see such a massive crowd, and to know that there is such a support for boxing in the Samoan community.”

The upcoming fight night will include five amateur bouts sanctioned by the Auckland Boxing Association, before five corporate class bouts, two fa’afafine bouts and a professional heavy weight main bout sanctioned by the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association.

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