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New Zealand Professional Boxing Association
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New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA) is one of the four governing bodies for the sport of professional boxing in New Zealand. NZPBA is a non-profit organisation.
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History
The body was founded as South Pacific Boxing Association, with the name changed to New Zealand Professional Boxing Association Inc. in 1984 at its AGM. The new name was greeted and accepted by the World Bodies and Commonwealth Boxing Council.[1]
In 2006, NZPBA had its first female national champion with Daniella Smith 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 defeating Maricela Cornejo by split decision. The fight night also featured two of New Zealand's first WBC Silver title fights with Melissa St. Vil defeating Baby Nansen and Ronica Jeffrey defeating Gentiane Lupi. On the same night, NZPBA had New Zealand's first female professional boxing referee, with Shelley Ashton officiating Nailini Helu vs. Kirsty Lupeamanu.
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Former NZPBA President Lance Revill is known for sharing his opinions with New Zealand's local media, causing major scrutiny to the association. He drew particular attention for his comments directed at Joseph Parker. Since the beginning of Parker's career, Revill has made regular comments about Parker, including when he turned pro,[2] alleging that Parker's promoters were only interested in money,[3] that Parker was too hyped up[4] and that Parker didn't win his world title fight in December 2016.[5] In February 2017, it was announced that due to backlash against his comments against Parker, Revill resigned as president of NZPBA. Vice President John Conway was named interim president.[6]
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, but he died four days later after the event.[7] The vice president of the organisation at the time, Kevin Pyne, was the referee of the fight.[8] Former NZPBA President Lance Revill stated that he believed the fight should have been stopped earlier.[9] In 2019, Kevin Pyne was elected president of NZPBA, despite being the referee of the fight.[10]
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Current roles
Board members
President: Kylie Bell
Vice president: 1st Jo Gallagher, 2nd Barry Galbraith
National secretary: Tui Gallagher
National treasurer: James Dellows
Regional rep - Canterbury: Kevin Pyne
Regional rep - Wellington/Lower North Island: Joel Revill
Regional rep - BOP/Waikato: Mike Francis
Regional rep - Northland/Auckland: John Conway
Current national champions
Men
Women
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Current provincial champions
NZPBA Central title
Heavyweight men
Middleweight men
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See also
- List of New Zealand female boxing champions
- List of New Zealand heavyweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand cruiserweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand light heavyweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand super middleweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand middleweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand super welterweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand welterweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand super lightweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand lightweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand super featherweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand featherweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand bantamweight boxing champions
- Australian National Boxing Federation
- Commonwealth Boxing Council
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References
External links
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