Winning gold is a tournament goal, but there is more on the cards: for males, the Jameson Belt for the most scientific (technical) Elite Male boxer, and for women, the Bobby Johnson Cup, are up for grabs.<\/p>\n
Hamilton boxer Greer Hall made her professional debut in December 2025. Photo \/ CSN.Watch<\/p>\n
There have only been two Waikato men to have won the Jameson Belt previously: David Nyika in 2014 and Ivan Pavich in 2015.<\/p>\n
Only two Waikato women have won the Bobby Johnson Cup too, including three-division world champion Lani Daniels in 2015, when she lived in Hamilton, and Cara Wharerau in 2017.<\/p>\n
In the upcoming tournament, Saskia Elliott is listed to compete, but a lack of competition means she may win gold from being unopposed.<\/p>\n
This is Connor Campbell\u2019s eighth championship, winning gold in six of them. The only fight he didn\u2019t win was his first one in 2019.<\/p>\n
Campbell has had a busy international year, from competing in the Commonwealth Games to the 2026 World Boxing Cup and Australia\u2019s King of the Ring.<\/p>\n
Despite only winning gold at the King of the Ring, he is one of the only New Zealand boxers who have victories in all three competitions.<\/p>\n
This is Greer Hall\u2019s third time competing, having won gold in both of the championships she participated in.<\/p>\n
Like Campbell, Hall has also had a busy international year, competing in the Commonwealth Games, the 2026 World Boxing Cup and Australia\u2019s 2026 Queen of the Ring.<\/p>\n
She also participated in New Zealand\u2019s Queen of the Ring.<\/p>\n
Campbell and Hall are both aiming for gold, but will also be in hot competition for the Jameson Belt and the Bobby Johnson Cup.<\/p>\n
A few returning Waikato champions will also be competing, including two-time champion Caruso Nedia Ford and 2025 champions Bismullah Ali Madad and Tangaroa Holman-Lee.<\/p>\n
The New Zealand National Championships take place from September 29 to October 3 in Whanganui.<\/p>\n
Some boxers may be missing due to late entry or representing other regional organisations.<\/p>\n
Representing Kirikiriroa Boxing Association<\/p>\n
Cameron Kilian \u2013 Youth Male 75kg<\/p>\n
Christopher Kilian \u2013 Junior Male 75kg<\/p>\n
Saskia Elliot \u2013 Elite Female 57kg<\/p>\n
Tangaroa Holman-Lee \u2013 Junior Male 70kg<\/p>\n
Zen Parker \u2013 Junior Male 60kg<\/p>\n
Asma Nabizadeh \u2013 Junior Female 66kg<\/p>\n
Bismullah Ali Madad \u2013 Youth Male 50kg<\/p>\n
Kody Williams \u2013 Junior Male 75kg<\/p>\n
Lennon Bevins \u2013 Cadet Male 46kg<\/p>\n
Lincoln Cornelius \u2013 Junior Male 57kg<\/p>\n
Cruso Nepia-Ford \u2013 Youth Male 65kg<\/p>\n
Mana Te Tuhi Puru Smith \u2013 Youth Male 70kg<\/p>\n
Ti Rakau Tepania \u2013 Elite Male 70kg<\/p>\n
Greer Hall \u2013 Elite Female 54kg<\/p>\n
Tyrel Max \u2013 Cadet Male 60kg<\/p>\n
Boston Kerepa \u2013 Junior Male 80+kg<\/p>\n
Representing Waikato Boxing Association<\/p>\n
Troy Colby \u2013 Junior Male 70kg<\/p>\n
Macy Smith \u2013 Elite Female 60kg<\/p>\n
Oliver Miers \u2013 Cadet Male 48kg<\/p>\n
Ericka Stark \u2013 Elite Female 65kg<\/p>\n
Syed Asher Ali \u2013 Elite Male 75kg<\/p>\n
Tyson Peterson \u2013 Elite Male 80kg<\/p>\n
Rocco Driver \u2013 Cadet Male 60kg<\/p>\n
Representing Te Toki a Maui<\/p>\n
Lyrical Algra \u2013 Elite Male 65kg<\/p>\n
Boston Samuels \u2013 Junior Male 52kg<\/p>\n
Allen Wheeler \u2013 Junior Male 52kg<\/p>\n
Connor Campbell \u2013 Elite Male 65kg<\/p>\n
Possible Unopposed Golds<\/p>\n
Asma Nabizadeh \u2013 Kirikiriroa<\/p>\n
Saskia Elliott \u2013 Kirikiriroa<\/p>\n
Benjamin Watt is a retired boxing judge and New Zealand boxing writer with a decade of experience. Watt has also been BoxRec\u2019s New Zealand record-keeper since 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winning gold is a tournament goal, but there is more on the cards: for males, the Jameson Belt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1443,7125,142605,2023,5759,39789,2082,91003,78,3556,117,111,43,139,69,13084,1524,1883,80],"class_list":["post-614354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-about","tag-amateur","tag-boxers","tag-boxing","tag-championships","tag-compete","tag-for","tag-gearing","tag-in","tag-national","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-prepare","tag-waikato","tag-whanganui","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}