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Boxing: League heavyweights land a blow for code
It was a victory for league over rugby in the celebrity boxing stakes at the Woodstock Fight For Life last night.

Michele Hewitson interview: Kevin Barry
Would I like to talk to the boxing trainer, Kevin Barry? asked the boxing promoter, Dean Lonergan. Yes, but I wasn't at all sure he was talking to me.

Boxing: Make-or-break career bout keeps Cameron on his toes
Shane Cameron's fight against Brian Minto could break his career.

All Blacks: Messam fighting to keep in the zone
After the best season of his career, Liam Messam plans to wind down by fighting the rather compact and handy Paul Gallen in a boxing match.

Boxing: Cooper OK to box - coach
Graham has no issue with Reds star fitting pro bouts between his rugby commitments.

Boxing: Minto-Cameron fight gives coach head start on planning
The main event at next month's Fight for Life is set to become a reconnaisance mission with a revelation.

Boxing: Minto a tough proposition
Tough, brawling US heavyweight Brian Minto (known as "the Beast") will be Shane Cameron's opponent at the top of the Fight For Life card next month.

Paul Lewis: Boxing clever is do or die
McKinnon's retirement came courtesy of that bloodied, bruising bout with Berridge, marketed as a grudge match and having every appearance of being so.

Tough-guy boxer wins fight for life
When Dan MacKinnon was about 12, his father noticed him walking with a limp. Turned out he'd fallen off his motorbike.

Support for injured boxer
Supporters of boxer Daniel MacKinnon have rallied together to make sure he and his family are financially secure as he recovers from a head injury, which almost claimed his life.

Stricken boxer fights back
'Bloody hell, he's one tough dude.' Daniel MacKinnon's manager is delighted his fighter is showing progress after suffering a brain bleed.

Boxing: Tua looks beyond the ring
Heavyweight can reflect on career that included great fights and two comebacks.

Boxing: Parker gets good news on head cut
Fast emerging NZ heavyweight Joseph Parker should experience no lasting difficulties after the bad eye cut sustained in his fight with Afa Tatupu last month.

Interview with Dean Lonergan
Brutally honest boxing promoter Dean Lonergan lived the high life and lost it all. Now he couldn't care less for the flash stuff.

Tua brushes off talk of career-ending tilt
New Zealand boxing great David Tua has laughed off the suggestion that a loss to giant Belarusian Alexander Ustinov will be the end of his career.

Boxing: World title hopes valid
There is little doubt Saturday's heavyweight clash between David Tua and Belarusian giant Alexander Ustinov has more than a suggestion of a world title eliminator about it.

Boxing to birthing suite
Boxer Shane Cameron has his hands full with two big looming deadlines - his next fight and the birth of his son.