New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA) is one of the four
governing bodies for the sport of
professional boxing
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse bid, purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regula ...
in New Zealand. NZPBA is a non-profit organisation.
History
The Body was founded as South Pacific Boxing Association, with the name changed to New Zealand Professional Boxing Association inc in 1984 at their
AGM. The new name was greeted and accepted by the World Bodies and Commonwealth Boxing Council.
In 2006, NZPBA had their first female national champion with
Daniella Smith
Daniella Smith (born 30 July 1972, in Kaikohe, New Zealand) is a New Zealand former professional boxer. She became the first female fighter to win an IBF title, having held the welterweight version from 2010 to 2011 and is the second New Zeala ...
defeating Sue Glassey for the Super Welterweight title. Smith is New Zealand's second professional National Champion.
In April 2016, NZPBA sanctioned New Zealand's first major world title fight (from one of the four major sanctioning bodies) for the
WBC female middleweight title with
Kali Reis
Kali Reis (born August 24, 1986) is an American professional boxer and actress. She is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC female middleweight title in 2016 and the WBA, WBO, and IBO female light welterweight titl ...
defeating
Maricela Cornejo by
split decision
A split decision (SD) is a winning criterion in boxing, most commonly in full-contact combat sports, in which two of the three judges score one particular competitor as the winner, while the third judge scores for the other competitor.
A split dec ...
. The fight night also featured two of New Zealand's first
WBC Silver
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation ...
title fights with
Melissa St. Vil defeating
Baby Nansen and
Ronica Jeffrey
Ronica Jeffrey (born January 24, 1983, Brooklyn, New York) is the International Women's Boxing Federation World Super Featherweight champion. Her professional boxing record is 17-1-1. Jeffrey is managed by Brian Cohen.
World Championship Bout ...
defeating
Gentiane Lupi
Gentiane Lupi (born 26 October 1975, Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand professional boxer, kickboxer, MMA and Muay Thai fighter. Lupi is also the former Women's International Boxing Association World super bantamweight champion and also ...
. On the same night, NZPBA had New Zealand's first female professional boxing referee, with Shelley Ashton officiating
Nailini Helu
Nailini Inaise Vae Helu (born 20 November 1993, Nukualofa, Tonga) is a professional boxer who lives in New Zealand. Helu is the world's first Tongan professional female boxer.
Helu has won multiple amateur titles and has peaked 6th on BoxRec, 6 ...
vs. Kirsty Lupeamanu.
Controversy
Former NZPBA President
Lance Revill
Lance Revill (born 30 August 1953) is the former president of the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA), a New Zealand boxing promoter, referee, and a former New Zealand professional boxer. Revill compiled a professional record of ...
, is well known to stating his opinion to New Zealand's local media, causing major scrutiny to the association. Most recently, his comments were more directed at
Joseph Parker. Since the beginning of Parker's career, Revill has made regular comments about Parker including when he turned pro, Parker's promoters only being interested in money, Parker being too hyped up and his belief that Parker didn't win his world title fight in December 2016. In February 2017, it was announced that due to the backlash of his comments against Parker, Revill resigned as president of NZPBA. Vise President John Conway was named interim President.
In 2018, NZPBA officiated a corporate boxing event in Christchurch in November where first time corporate boxer Kain Parsons, was knocked unconscious. Kain Parsons was taken to Christchurch Hospital's intensive care unit, however, Parsons died four days later after the event. Vise President of the organisation at time Kevin Pyne was the referee of the fight. Former NZPBA President Lance Revill stated that he believed the fight should have been stopped earlier.
In 2019, Kevin Pyne was elected president of NZPBA, despite being the referee of the fight.
Current roles
Board members
President: Kevin Pyne
Vise President: 1st
John Conway
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, 2nd David Kettle
National Secretary: Fiona Moore
National Treasurer: Pat Leonard
Webmaster: Raylyne Siaosi and Kendall Cooper
Doctors: David Renata & Shaaren Jacobs
Regional Representatives
Northland & Auckland: Jo Gallagher and Mal Siaosi
Bay of Plenty & Waikato: Bob Mitchell
Manawatu & East/West Coast: Shelley Ashton
Wellington Supervisor: Ian Scott
South Island Supervisor: Paul Fitzimmons
Current national champions
Men
Female
Current provincial champions
NZPBA Central title
Heavyweight Men
Middleweight Men
Boxing and Wrestling Act 1981
See also
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List of New Zealand female boxing champions
This list of New Zealand female boxing champions is a table showing the female boxers who have won the New Zealand professional championship. The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand National Boxing Feder ...
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List of New Zealand heavyweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional heavyweight championship. The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand National Bo ...
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List of New Zealand cruiserweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand cruiserweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional cruiserweight championship.
The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand Nation ...
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List of New Zealand light heavyweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand light heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional light heavyweight championship. The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealan ...
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List of New Zealand super middleweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand super middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional super middleweight championship.
The title has been administered by the Pro Box NZ, New Zealand Boxing Associat ...
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List of New Zealand middleweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional middleweight championship.
The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand Nationa ...
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List of New Zealand super welterweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand super welterweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional super welterweight championship.
The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zeal ...
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List of New Zealand welterweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand welterweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional welterweight championship.
The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand National ...
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List of New Zealand super lightweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand lightweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional Super lightweight championship. The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand Natio ...
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List of New Zealand lightweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand lightweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional lightweight championship.
The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association and New Zealand Profess ...
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List of New Zealand super featherweight boxing champions
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List of New Zealand featherweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand featherweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional featherweight championship.
The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association since 1907.
A cham ...
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List of New Zealand bantamweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand bantamweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional bantamweight championship. The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association since 1914. A champion ...
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Australian National Boxing Federation
Australian National Boxing Federation (ANBF) is the governing body for the sport of professional boxing in Australia.
History
The body was founded in 1965 as the Australian Boxing Federation. In 1980s, the body took its current name of Austral ...
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Commonwealth Boxing Council
The Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC) is a governing body that sanctions professional boxing bouts for territories within the Commonwealth, and is an affiliate of the WBC.
History
The Commonwealth Boxing Council first started in 1954 as the Empi ...
References
External links
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