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.

There is little doubt Saturday's heavyweight clash between David Tua and Belarusian giant Alexander Ustinov has more than a suggestion of a world title eliminator about it.

Boxer Shane Cameron has his hands full with two big looming deadlines - his next fight and the birth of his son.

Mountain Warrior plans heavyweight bout for December and says future Tua rematch could be on the cards.

Boxer David Tua could be setting up a new political party, according to media reports.

Henry Schuster, David Tua's new cornerman for his fight against Alexander Ustinov, has been Shane Cameron's long-time trainer since his amateur days.

Boxer's fighting fit but preparing for bout against Belarusian with a replacement trainer.

Kiwi mixed martial arts fighter Mark Hunt's biggest challenge of his latest training camp has been to shed 20kg.

Rising heavyweight star Joseph Parker is being lined up for a new fight - against durable Brazilian and South American champion George Arias.

Despite 12 weeks of meticulous planning, Joseph Parker's fight plan fell apart in just 30 seconds on Thursday night and it's unlikely the Kiwi champ will fight again this year.

Joseph Parker will have woken today victorious but also with some uncertainty due to the bad cut above his left eye.

If Afa Tatupu wins tomorrow night he has the prospect of a lucrative match-up with Sonny Bill Williams.