{"id":165334,"date":"2025-09-24T07:45:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165334\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T07:45:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:45:26","slug":"veteran-boxer-ready-for-bluewater-boxing-showdown-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165334\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran boxer ready for Bluewater Boxing showdown \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sunil-Dutt-1.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[Photo: Supplied]<\/p>\n<p>Veteran boxer Sunil Dutt is gearing up for his return to the ring this Friday at the Bluewater Boxing Promotion in Nadi.<\/p>\n<p>The 61-year-old, who last fought six months ago during the Girmit Festival, says his preparations have been strong and he is eager to prove that age is just a number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreparation has been great so far. Last time I fought was 6 months ago during the Girmit Festival. I want to let my fans know that at the age of 60, I want to prove myself in the ring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Having started his career in 1984, Dutt has faced numerous opponents over the decades and continues to show his passion for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>He will face Anwar Ali in his upcoming bout and says a win could set up another showdown against Waisea Nanuqu.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, his trainer Faiyaz Khan has joined the fight against drugs, sending a stern message to promoters and fighters across the country to steer clear of substance abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The event is expected to draw fans from across Fiji as veteran and rising boxers step into the ring.<\/p>\n<p>The FMF Bluewater Boxing Promotions will be held this Friday at Prince Charles Park in Nadi.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch it LIVE on our online streaming platform Viti Plus.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"viti-plus-link-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viti.plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stream the best of Fiji on VITI+.  Anytime.  Anywhere.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Photo: Supplied] Veteran boxer Sunil Dutt is gearing up for his return to the ring this Friday at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-165334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}