and is desperate to get its hands on a season-long sport such as the NRL.<\/a><\/p>\nIt also screens the annual Black Clash cricket match, which is operated by Duco Events, the organisation behind the Nyika bout.<\/p>\n
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TVNZ head of sport, events and partnerships Melodie Robinson.<\/p>\n
In a statement today, TVNZ head of sports, events and partnerships Melodie Robinson called the new boxing deal a \u201cfantastic opportunity\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said Duco consistently delivered \u201can incredible atmosphere and world-class events\u201d. <\/p>\n
Duco director David Higgins said the bout was shaping up \u201cto be one of the biggest fight nights New Zealand has seen in years\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main event already has massive world title implications, but we also wanted to build an undercard that delivers genuine entertainment and showcases some of the best boxing talent from New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific, while also delivering some fantastic crossover matchups featuring well-known sporting personalities that fans will be eager to see step into the ring.<\/p>\n
\u201cPartnering with TVNZ+ is another major step forward for the sport here. It means more New Zealanders than ever before will be able to access a premium boxing product on a world-class platform.\u201d<\/p>\n
The full card, including undercard: <\/p>\n
IBF cruiserweight world title eliminator: David Nyika v Floyd Masson <\/p>\n
Hemi Ahio v Kiki Toa Leutele <\/p>\n
IBF international super lightweight title: Sheilla Yama v Jessica Messina <\/p>\n
Manu Vatuvei v Rene Ranger <\/p>\n
John Parker v Nik Charalampous <\/p>\n
Alex Leapai Junior v Arsene Fosso <\/p>\n
Cassidy Thornberry v Ross Malthus<\/p>\n
Liam Messam v Luke Siaki <\/p>\n
Former world heavyweight champion boxer Joseph Parker was also at today\u2019s announcement. He said the strength of the undercard reflected the depth of talent emerging in the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s massive talent throughout this card,\u201d Parker said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got experienced fighters, rising contenders and some seriously entertaining match-ups. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe inclusion of Sheilla Yama and Jessica Messina competing for the IBF super lightweight interim world title fight is hugely exciting. Fans are in for an incredible night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Editor-at-Large Shayne Currie is one of New Zealand\u2019s most experienced senior journalists and media leaders. He has held executive and senior editorial roles at NZME including Managing Editor, NZ Herald Editor and Herald on Sunday Editor and has a small shareholding in NZME.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Backed by massive investment in new technology, TVNZ launched headlong into its new pay-per-view sports business model this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[1203,27965,703,49,48,270119,19097,19683,1138,150454,27685,7607,2170,270118,44374,457,82,11376,270117,9390,270120,43056,2547,3275],"class_list":["post-757158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-and","tag-battle","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebritydotted","tag-elimination","tag-eyes","tag-fight","tag-heating","tag-insider","tag-media","tag-more","tag-payperview","tag-secures","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-title","tag-tvnz","tag-undercard","tag-viewers","tag-wallets","tag-with","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}