The Super 8 Boxing Tournament is a

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tournament that is held in New Zealand. Super 8 is owned by John McRae, who is the Managing director of VSLive. VS Live was formerly known as Sky Arena. Sky ARENA previously owned by SKY Television New Zealand and VADR Media. In 2015 VADR Media acquired 100% of SKY ARENA shares and relaunched as VS LIVE.

Tournament format

Super 8 is a last man standing eight man tournament that is compete in one night. Seven boxing bouts will be contested in one night, each bout being scheduled for three rounds, each round being three mins with a minute break in between rounds. If after three rounds a fight is declared a draw, an extra round maybe required to determine the winner. Judges will not be encouraged to draw fights but will be accepted in the case of close contests. In the event of a draw after a fourth round, the winner will be decided in consultation with the Referee and fight Supervisor. If an injury occurs to a winning boxer that eliminates him from the competition, he is to be replaced by the most deserving or merit worthy losing boxer from the earlier competition or reserve fight winner as decided by the Supervisor. A random draw out of a hat will be conducted to determine which fighters contest each other in four quarter final matches. Super 8 IV was not scheduled for its usual eight man tournament, but instead replaced by two four man tournaments, in which both tournaments were different weight divisions.

Super 8 I (Heavyweight)

The first Super 8 was competed on 4 June 2014 at

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, New Zealand. The Undercard also featured Hemi Ahio vs Will Quarrie, Dimitri Simoukov vs Joe Blackbourn and

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vs Taito Ratuere.

Super 8 II (Cruiserweight I)

The second Super 8 was competed on 22 November 2014 at

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, North Shore,

, New Zealand. The Undercard also featured

Willis Meehan Willis Pele "The Hitman" Meehan (born 11 September 1995) is an Australian professional boxer. He previously played professional rugby league for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. He played at and . He has been compared to good f ...

vs Will Quarrie,

David Aloua David Aloua (born 24 April 1987) is a New Zealand professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Aloua has peaked in the top 15 in the World Boxing Organisation, WBO, World Boxing Association, WBA, International ...

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and

Kali Meehan Kalivati Gerald Meehan (born 9 March 1970) is an Australian professional boxer of Fijian people, Fijian descent. He turned pro after a career in rugby league. His son Willis Meehan plays rugby league and boxes. Amateur career Before becoming ...

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Super 8 III (Cruiserweight II)

The third Super 8 was competed on 28 March 2015 at

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, New Zealand. The Undercard also featured Hemi Ahio vs Clarence Tillman,

Monty Betham La’auli Montgomery Junior "Monty" Betham (born 12 March 1978) is a professional boxer, and former professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand international representative and , he played club football for the New Zealand Warriors in ...

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and

Vaitele Soi Vaitele Soi (born 5 August 1987, Samoa) is a retired Samoan professional boxer. Soi has fought a few notable boxers in his career including Mohamed Azzaoui, Shane Chapman, Brad Pitt and Anthony McCracken. The biggest fight in Soi's career was ...

Super 8 IV (Cruiserweight III & Light Heavyweight)

The fourth Super 8 was competed on 03rd of November 2015 at Sky City Convention Centre,

, New Zealand. The Undercard also featured Hemi Ahio vs Alapati A'asa,

vs James Langton and

Paul Gallen Paul Gallen (born 14 August 1981) is an Australian professional boxer and former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and forward and captained the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL to their maiden NRL Premiership in 2016. ...

vs Bodene Thompson.

References

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