When it comes to top-class world boxing events, it seems Northland has a big appetite, with general admission tickets to the Wahine Toa II double world champion fight night in Whangārei next month sold out.
At McKay Stadium on December 2, Kaitāia’s Mea Motu and Whangārei’s Lani Daniels will defend their world title belts against international opponents.
Motu will defend her IBO super-bantamweight world title against India’s Chandni Mehra, while Daniels will take on Australian Desley “Lady D” Robinson for the vacant IBF light heavyweight title in her hometown.
When promoter and D&L Events co-founder Dean Lonergan announced the big fight night earlier this year, he was confident there would be a big response, and so it has proved, with all general admission tickets now sold out, and only a few corporate tables left.
The demand has been so great, Lonergan said the company is working on a second release of general admission tickets, and there are still some corporate hospitality packages available.