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Three Women fights to headline New Zealand show
by Benjamin Watt
April 29, 2022
     
   
   


 

(APR 29) The man who promoted two female world title fights in New Zealand, Bruce Glozier of Glozier boxing, is back with a six pro fight card, half of it being women's professional boxing. The headline of the event will be Mea Motu attempting to capture her fourth New Zealand title against former WBC ranked boxer Baby Nansen.

Bruce Glozier has accomplished a lot in New Zealand boxing, including promoting two of Geovana Peres's world title fights and holding events that showcase the best of New Zealand women's boxing. On the 30th of April (NZT) at ABA Stadium, this next show will be his 29th event with a professional boxing fight on the card. The event will be Live Streamed on PPV on the CSN NZ website at $30NZD.   LINK

The main event will be New Zealand Maori, Te Rarawa, and Ngāpuhi descendent, Mea Motu (11 - 0 - 0 5KOs) will take on New Zealand born, Samoan and Cook Island descendent Baby Nansen (9 - 4 - 1 1KOs) for the vacant New Zealand National (PBCNZ version) Super Featherweight title.

Mea Motu made New Zealand history earlier in the year by becoming the first female boxer to hold three New Zealand national titles when she won the New Zealand featherweight title against Ayisha Abied. This was after she already won the New Zealand lightweight and New Zealand Super Lightweight titles last year. If she wins this fight, not only would she capture her fourth New Zealand national title, which will be on the way to beating the men's record of seven titles over five weight divisions, but also it would set her up to take on the current New Zealand born champion Cherneka Johnson.

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A world title fight between two New Zealand citizens has only happened once before, where Brazilian born New Zealand citizen Geovana Peres defeated New Zealand Maori Lani Daniels for the WBO Light Heavyweight title back in March 2019; however, there have never been two New Zealand Maori boxers to have ever fought each other for a major world title. Tauranga-born Cherneka Johnson is a descendent of Ngāti Ranginui, becoming the second Maori to win a World title. A win for Mea Motu would set her up for a potential history-making World title fight.

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Her opponent is the combat sports fighter, Baby Nansen. Baby Nansen is a former New Zealand National (PBCNZ version) Super Lightweight and the current South Pacific (PBCNZ version) Super Lightweight champion. If combining her MMA, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, and professional boxing fights, it would accumulate well over 60 fights in total. She comes from a massive combat sports family with some names, including Commonwealth games boxer Fai Falamoe, combat sports fighter Victoria Nansen, Kickboxing world champion Antz Nansen and multiple kickboxing world champion Ray Sefo.

Baby Nansen has achieved a lot in her cross combat career, but in boxing alone, she has reached the top 40 in WBC, became the first New Zealand female boxer to fight at Madison Square Garden, and has battled with multiple notable names, including the current IBF and WBO Super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer, WBC World title challenger Melissa St Vil and two-time world title challenger Deanha Hobbs. It has been 18 months since Baby Nansen has fought in a professional boxing ring. A win for her will get her back onto the world stage in her dreams of capturing the world title.

The second female fight on the card will feature Ngāpuhi descendent, former World title challenger Lani Daniels (4 - 2 - 2), taking on Sequita Hemingway (1 - 0 - 0). This will be the first fight for Lani Daniels in two and a half years. Lani Daniels was initially scheduled to fight Alrie Meleisea on the Joseph Parker vs Junior Far undercard early last year for a world title, however, due to poor boxing politics, the fight fell through. Lani Daniels is currently ranked 9th in the WBA despite being inactive for so long. A win for her would surely put her in world title contention again, possibly against the current World Heavyweight Champion Hanna Gabriels.

She will be taking on Sequita Hemingway. Sequita Hemingway made the biggest upset in New Zealand female boxing history in 2021 when she took on WBA and WBC ranked boxer Alrie Melesiea and won on her debut. Ever since then, she has been trying to sign up for big fights, however, due to covid, she has been unable to keep herself active. Sequita was a professional rugby player before she started competing in boxing. A win for her would give her a second win in a row against a world-ranked boxer, which would surely jump her up on the world rankings.

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The final female fight on the card will be between New Zealand Maori and Niuean boxer Karen Te Ruki-Pasene taking on Ayisha Abied. Karen Te Ruki-Pasene is a descendent of Waikato Tainui on her New Zealand Maori side and a descendent of Alofi on her Niue side. Karen is a former New Zealand National (PBCNZ version) Super Lightweight champion.

Other fights will include a heavyweight fight between Joe Ageli and Tino Honey, with Tino fighting for the first time in four years, a heavyweight fight between Titi Motusaga and Antz Amouta, and the co-main event of the evening, Viliami Liavaa vs Joshua Tai.

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