Bay Harbour: October 27, 2021

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Wednesday October 27 2021 Bay Harbour News
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Charity fights back on – with new rules
• 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 Saturday at Cowles
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
Kain Parsons
professional
and corporate
boxing, introduced
the new rules at the beginning
of 2019, after the tragic
death of Sumner Sharks rugby
player 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.
READY: James Bates (left) training ahead of the event,
which founder Bryan Barry says is more about raising
awareness of men’s mental health than raising money.
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
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.
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