(MAR 6) Multiple New Zealand Champion Geovana Peres, will be defending her PBCNZ New Zealand Light Heavyweight title against NZPBA New Zealand Champion Lani Daniels on March 16th. This bout will be the decider of who rules the light heavyweight women’s division in New Zealand.

Geovana Peres is the second female boxer to win two New Zealand professional titles, but the first to win two title from two different commissioning bodies. Peres currently holds New Zealand Light Heavyweight title with New Zealand National Boxing Federation and Professional Boxing Commission New Zealand. Peres is well known for being the first person from the LGBT community to win a professional New Zealand boxing title. Peres is currently ranked 10th on Boxrec in the heavyweight division and his hoping to get a world ranking on one of the major boxing bodies. Peres current record is 4 - 1 - 0.

Lani Daniels is a two time New Zealand National Amateur boxing Champion and a current New Zealand Professional Boxing Association Light Heavyweight Champion. Daniels has had a big amateur career and debut into Professional boxing only just last year. Daniels has so far only had two bout so far, both against Trish Vaka with Daniels winning both bouts by Unanimous Decision with the second bout for the NZPBA New Zealand title.

This bout is scheduled for 10 x 2 min rounds for the PBCNZ light heavyweight title. The winner will get a nice ranking increase on Boxrec and hopefully a ranking in one of the major boxing bodies.

The under will feature the return of Navosa (Smily) Ioata after a 16 month absence from the ring. 2014 Commonwealth Games Silver Medalist David Light will also be feature on the undercard along with the debuting boxer Christopher Cunningham. One of the biggest bouts on the undercard will be the former World title contender Robert Berridge, as he comes out of retirement into a new weight class of Cruiserweight.