Boxing battle bound for Umina PCYC

Umina PCYC will host boxing tournament, Battle for the Coast, on Saturday, May 12, from 7pm.

Umina PCYC boxing director Joel Keegan said the club was looking forward to seeing the best fighters on the Central Coast take on two-time Australian champion Satali Tevi-Fuimoano, NSW Champions Luke and Jordan Bunder and Brady Robinson, World Series Boxer representative Troy O'Meley and sons of Hall of Fame Champion Kostya Tim and Nikita Tszyu.

This will be Satali's final bout in preparation for his tilt at the Ringside World Championships in Kansas, USA, in early August.

"No Australian has ever won these titles, and Satali's preparation has been spot on," said Keegan.

"Satali has only ever lost two fights, one boy won't fight us and the other boy we lost to was in a very controversial decision in Queensland, so we are hoping to get him down.

"He is also an Australian champion, bigger and older, and is a great test of where we are for the worlds in Kansas.

"Nikita and Tim Tszyu are two of the hottest prospects in boxing and will bring a great style of fighting to the night.

"This will just be a great night of fighting, with the opportunity for all fighters on the coast to challenge each other, that's ABA v ABL.

"For too long we have had boxers running around in two separate associations, with two sets of champions.

"We have an opportunity now for both associations to compete against each other, so they should."

Email, 13 Apr 2012

Joel Keegan, Umina PCYC