BOXING - Telea shows a jab hand to win second contest

The 14-year-old has been an avid boxing fan since she was six, when she saw her first boxing match on television. She kept on at her parents until they bought her some boxing gloves and pads and ever since then she has been developing as a fighter.
She started learning combinations and sparring with her brother Dalton and his mates on the front lawn - until they refused to spar with her any more.
Kask recently competed at the Rotovegas Boxing Tournament in Rotorua in the junior female 48kg grade, where she outclassed her opponent from Wairoa by unanimous points decision.
The Tauraroa Area School student was fortunate even to compete at the tournament as there were over 120 fighters nominated and only 27 bouts able to be scheduled on the day.
More importantly, her fight was scheduled during the night session, one of only two female fights on the card and only seven bouts before the main event.
Her early training was provided by her parents, Vince, a former national karate representative and mother Rangi, a judo brown belt. But she has been training at the United Boxing Gym in Portland under the coaching expertise of Ricky Malcolm since September 2006.
The biggest problem for the young fighter lies not with her jab or her defence but in finding suitable opponents that will get in the ring with her.
She has won both of her bouts but has fronted up on two other occasions, ready to fight, only to be stood up by her opponents - an extremely difficult fate for a boxer to face, after undergoing a long preparation for each bout.
Fortunately, the young boxer has other interests apart from becoming a national boxing champion. She enjoys playing acoustic guitar and singing and is also competing in the Northland Street Dance Championships at Genesis Energy Kensington Stadium tomorrow with her hip hop dance crew named La De Da.
Her next fight has been confirmed in Rotorua in three weeks' time.