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Cairo George wins War in the Waikato

By Laura Peacock, Wintec student
Hamilton News·
27 May, 2012 08:44 PM2 mins to read

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Altitude was bustling with over 400 boxing enthusiasts for the War in the Waikato event on Saturday night.

The Hamilton venue hosted the sell-out crowd who watched 24 fighters battle it out for supremacy.

Among them was headlining draw card Cairo George who won his bout against Saili Tofilau to gain the Waikato title.

George's original opponent Todd Crawford pulled out on event day and the south Auckland fighter was called in as his replacement.

"I felt the fight was hard. My opponent was 5kgs heavier than me. He was very tough and I must take my hat off to him." said George

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The closely contended fight had four 3minute rounds with the Les Mills trainer taking the title by a unanimous decision.

"He took some of my best shots and kept coming. But in the end I cleaned him out on the score cards."

I felt good winning a hard fight in frnt of my home town crowd."

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Cairo is grateful for the ongoing support from his friends, family and boxing club; Kaimeke Toa Extreme Boxing.

"Big thanks to all the rest of our guys that fought that night and everybody that helped me prepare for the fight. Especially my Dad for getting me ready and running an amazing show."

After launching such a successful event, another War in the Waikato is planned to take place around September.

But there is no down time for Cairo who hopes to maintain his momentum with an Auckland fight on the cards for June 29th.

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