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• By Liam Broderick ALMOST A year since the last Built for Battle charity boxing event, fighters are getting back in the ring to raise money for men’s mental health. Twenty-four fighters have signed up for the Built for Battle event on October 30 at Cowels Stadium. They will be fighting under new rules aimed at making corporate and charity boxing events safer. The New Zealand Professional Boxing Association, which oversees professional and corporate boxing, introduced the new rules at the beginning of 2019, after the death of Kain Parsons in a Fight for Christchurch charity night. Fighters competing in charity boxing bouts were previously only required to wear a mouthguard and 16-ounce gloves, making the risk of head injury high. The new rules require all fighters to wear a headguard, mouthguard, groin guard (for men), and heavier 18-ounce gloves. The heavier gloves are intended to improve safety by tiring fighters and reducing the impact of punches as a fight progresses. Boxer James Bates said the improvements to safety helped him to decide to compete in the October event. “Eighteen-ounce gloves . . . and using headgear, will cut down the chance of injury by a lot,” he said. NZPBA president Kevin Pyne said boxing was full of risks, but the new safety measures should ensure fighter safety. “There’s a lot of intricacies and you can never be 100 per cent on top of safety, but we sure as hell like to be 99 per cent,” he said. The Christchurch event is one of five NZPBA-sanctioned boxing events in the South Island over the next couple of months. It will feature 12 fights (11 Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Charity fights back on Kain Parsons READY: James Bates training ahead of the charity event. men’s and one women’s) and raise money for men’s mental health charity I Am Hope. I Am Hope founder Mike King said he was glad that charity boxing events were still running and continuing to support men’s mental health. “Charity boxing has been the main funder of our charity since 2014,” he said. Last year’s Built for Battle event raised $20,000 for charity, though organiser and trainer Bryan Barry said the goal was more about raising awareness, rather than money. “If we only raise $5000 it doesn’t matter,” he said. • By Chris Barclay HE’S BEEN in the wars recently, but two leg operations won’t prevent Ken Wright from seeing through his mission to have the family plot of Canterbury’s first Victoria Cross recipient restored. Wright will be wheeled into Bromley cemetery on Saturday to witness the re-dedication of the grave honouring Sergeant Henry Nicholas on the anniversary of the 27-year-old’s death in France on October 23, 1918, shortly before the end of World War 1. A wreath will also be laid at Nicholas’ grave in France. He was awarded the VC for his part in the Canterbury Regiment’s attack on a German position in Belgium in December, 1917. Wright, a London-born Korea War veteran, was the driving force behind the restoration of the earthquake-damaged plot, a project undertaken by the New Zealand Remembrance Army, a grave-repairing charity. “It’s marvellous, I’m really pleased it’s got this far,” he said. Wright has already seen the rejuvenated plot. “We go round there most days and just sit and look at it. It looks lovely, it really does.” Thursday October 21 2021 The Star NEWS 15 Wright won’t miss VC plot ceremony RESTORATION: Ken Wright next to the repaired grave of Sergeant Henry Nicholas. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN The 86-year-old has been troubled by leg issues, so his wife Bronwyn has a wheelchair on hand for the ceremony organised by the Canterbury branch of the Returned and Services Association. It includes a firing party comprised of members of the local Territorial Force battalion, with the date also coinciding with the New Zealand army’s Infantry Corp Day. The New Zealand Division played a prominent role in the second battle of El Alamein in Egypt, which started on October 23, in 1942.
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