Nothing in the article really surprised me. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/7074567/Aussie-fighters-using-Kiwis-as-punchbags
I blame the Kiwis.....and so does Gazza McCrystal. New Zealand National Boxing Federation president Gary McCrystal is fatalistic. "The problem is that as long as guys are prepared to accept the money, we will never stop it."
I bet you any money the boxer who is mentioned at first is (s)Paz viejo, they fail to mention he never wins in New Zealand either, its not coz he is used as fodder, its coz he is shithouse... http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=345853&cat=boxer
"The unabashed king of the meat wagon is Auckland matchmaker John Glozier. Glozier is the man they call if they need someone who looks the part, but isn't dangerous, or will take a fight on a day's notice. He's been phoned at the airport waiting for a flight to Japan, to be told the fighter wasn't coming; and roused another from his bed in Apia, Samoa, to make a three-leg journey the day before the bout". Look no further than Bruce Glozier for a prime example of what John Glozier is talking about >>> http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=222753&cat=boxer
I do remember that, and it was a very ordinary effort indeed calling in the badly mismatched McNabney, and on short notice. Equally sad is the fact the same guy, with the same losing streak, fought for a PABA only a few fights earlier atsch
PABA prides itself with 64% KO/TKO conclusions. Hence the reason for bum matchups. http://www.pabaonline.com/achievements/decisionrate.html
New Zealand doesn't have any decent fighters, the bums they do have are obviously going to go to Australia to get a payday It's hardly a revelation
Shows how thick the kiwis are if they just worked this out . Did they really think the promotors were bringing them here for there boxing ability. oh yeah they were .lack of it!
