Perth-based Welshman Jamie Weetch 10-2 (4) knows he has to turn in an impressive performance when he takes on Sydney’s Yao Yi Ma 15-2-1 (10) for the vacant IBF Pan Pacific junior middleweight title at Thunderdome 23 at Metro City in Northbridge, WA, this Friday if he wants to get the big fights he covets in 2018. By Anthony Cocks
Michael Katsidis is a name that hasn’t been heard in boxing circles for awhile. But it wasn’t that long ago that the 36 year-old Toowoomba, Queensland native was must-see TV, regularly fighting through blood and cuts and fatigue, proud testimony to his Spartan heritage, on HBO Boxing After Dark and pay-per-view telecasts. By Anthony Cocks
New Zealand’s premier promoter Duco Events pulled off a major coup by securing a deal to host the vacant WBO heavyweight title fight between Kiwi Joseph Parker and Andy Ruiz Jr. in Auckland, New Zealand at the Vector Arena on December 10th.
