Cameron Slater's first foray in to the boxing ring was a short one but he hasn't ruled out pulling on the gloves again.
The vocal right-wing blogger was knocked out in the first round of his celebrity bout against cricketer Jesse Ryder on the Super 8 fight card in Christchurch last night.
"It's frightening. It's terrifying," Slater said. "But we did it for charity so I had to overcome those fears. I knew I was going to get banged around but it was for charity. I've raised, personally, over $5000 for KidsCan and I'm chuffed with that."
Slater rarely takes a backward step and it must have grated him somewhat that he had to fight out of the red corner, draped in red attire, given his political leanings.
He dropped 17kg in the lead-up to the bout after training under veteran coach Henry Schuster.