Fight For Life charity boxing organisers have come under fire for not providing a registered doctor to attend to injuries inflicted on heavyweight Shane Cameron by opponent Brian Minto last weekend.

Former boxer David Tua is in hot demand - he has talked with the Maori Party about entering politics, and Hone Harawira's Mana Party has talks scheduled with him next month.

Far be it from me to suggest here that boxer Shane Cameron should retire, writes Chris Rattue.

Next year's Fight For Life seems likely to take place in Sydney as organisers Duco Events look to cash in on the lucrative Australian pay per view television market.

Shane Cameron won't make it official until after Christmas but the final bell has almost certainly rung on the boxing career of the hugely popular Kiwi battler.

It was a case of getting into slow waltzes rather than their usual fast deliveries when former NZ cricketer Chris Cairns beat Simon Doull in a unanimous points victory at the Woodstock Fight For Life last night.

It was a victory for league over rugby in the celebrity boxing stakes at the Woodstock Fight For Life last night.

Shane Cameron's fight against Brian Minto could break his career.

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.

Graham has no issue with Reds star fitting pro bouts between his rugby commitments.

Anthony Mundine has declared he plans to stamp his authority on Shane Mosley from the outset of what he has labelled his "do or die" fight against the American boxing legend.

The main event at next month's Fight for Life is set to become a reconnaisance mission with a revelation.

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.

McKinnon's retirement came courtesy of that bloodied, bruising bout with Berridge, marketed as a grudge match and having every appearance of being so.

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

Heavyweight can reflect on career that included great fights and two comebacks.

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.

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

David Tua's self-confessed biggest fan says the most memorable fight of his career in her eyes was also the hardest to watch as she watched him pummel her friend into the ground.

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.