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.

Sonny Bill Williams could be stripped of his NZ heavyweight title if he doesn't accept an invitation to fight the winner of Thursday's Joseph Parker v Afa Tatupu bout.

Former boxing champion Mike Tyson has fought back tears as he confessed to lying about his sobriety.

Joseph Parker's back - and he's looking bad. New Zealand's top heavyweight prospect arrived home on Thursday for a brief visit, after a gruelling seven-week training camp with Kevin Barry in Las Vegas.

Alexander Ustinov's camp will temporarily head back to Russia because of David Tua's calf injury, but fight promoters are confident the delay won't cost them too much.

David Tua's boxing bout against Belarusian heavyweight Alexander Ustinov has been postponed until Saturday November 16.

Talking to a Russian (or Belarusian) boxer and his translator proves to be a surreal experience<

If David Tua's calf injury forces his fight against Alexander Ustinov to be delayed then promoters Duco Events will be scrambling to reschedule the event.

Victory over Russian Ustinov could set stage for another title fight as David Tua makes new bid for big time.