Napier Boxing

07/06/2026

A huge day out for Napier Boxing' rangatahi where we had 4 boxers competing at Nabby's Boxing GYM in Hamilton 🥊

So many great experiences for our team, and lot's of lessons learnt that we can take back to the club and work on.

Violet had a fantastic debut match against a beautiful young lady from in what was a nail bitting match that could have gone either way. Violet losing on asplit decision.

Airon had his first fight back after a 2 year break against a strong and skilled boxer from . Airon proved he's conditioned enough to keep up with the power of the older and more experienced guys, and will take all the learnings back to the gym to come back stronger in his next match. We're taking the loss as a learn.

Quinn started slowly but finally found his inner competitiveness in the last round and showed us all he is more than capable of boxing strongly and accurately, taking a split win.

Lokeni had one of his hardest matches he's had, against Boston from Nabby's Boxing GYM. Boston has an increadible work rate and really knows how to move, forcing Lokeni to match his work rate and continue to keep re finding his range taking a very close split decision win. And lokeni was also lucky to win the Junior Belt of the day.

Thank you to Dion and the team at Nabby's for putting on a well run tournament as per normal.

Thank you to all our opponents and their clubs for all the mahi you do and bringing us quality matches that we can all learn from.

Thank you to all our whanaus who support their rangatahi by encouraging them at home, believing in their journey, and trusting me to take good care of them in the gym and away at tournaments.

Naomi 💜

02/06/2026

Golden Gloves 2026 wrapped up

Napier Boxing took away 5 rangatahi boxers this year with it being an all new experience for 3 of them.

Lots of learnings for the team with sparring opportunities, matched bouts, and learning from watching all the 202 bouts over the span of 3 days 🥊🥊

Ben Wright 🥇
Quinn Bartlett 🥉
Peta Byers 🥇 unopposed
Lokeni Leutele 🥇 unopposed
Mercede Eunson (withdrawn due to broken nose)

Both Mercede and Peta were also volunteers and worked as glove runners for 3 of the 5 sessions. Well done girls for your mahi 👍

And a huge thank you has to go out to Quinn's mum Bex, who traveled with the team, did all the cooking and running of boxers around, so Naomi could focus on doing her job. Thank you Bex, you were a super star 🌟 💜

01/06/2026

Ben was lucky to get the bye through to the finals this year, or unlucky if you want to look at it that he would rather have fought his way through as only Ben does best 👍

But either way, Ben went into the finals with a winning mindset and knew exactly what he had to do to win, and he did that perfectly, taking out a well deserved unanimous win 🏆

Ben won in the Novice Golden Glove division in 2024, took 2025 Golden Gloves off, and has come back to win in the Open Golden Glove division in 2026!

Super happy with Ben's performance, and know that he is continuing to grow and learn as a fighter, and there's plenty more to come for this young man.

Definitely one proud coach as my smile shows 😎

30/05/2026

1st day at the North Island 2026 Golden Glove Championships.

We had Quinn fighting in the semi finals in what was an increadibly close bout that could have gone either way with both boys showing great skills and determination over the 3 rounds, but unfortunately went his opponents way in a split win.

Super happy with Quinn's performance at his first Golden Gloves, and know that he'll be taking the learn back to the gym and coming back even stronger 💪🥊

28/05/2026

No Rangatahi Female class today or Rangatahi Male class Monday, as Naomi and the team are away at Golden Gloves this long weekend.

🥊 CLASSES STILL AVAILABLE 🥊

Friday Boxing 5pm with Raiden
Monday Boxing 5pm with Tip

24/05/2026

The upgrades at the club are starting to take shape with all new under matting and a new canvas to finish it off.
This wouldnt have been possible without the support of Sport Hawke's Bay so a big thank you for believing in our Female Rangatahi Program and all we are achieving with our young girls.
A huge thank you to our club rangatahi that helped lay everything and get the ring in order 🥊

19/05/2026

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17/05/2026

A huge thank you to Sport Hawke's Bay and the Tu Manawa Active Aoteroa Fund for funding our Female Rangatahi Academy for 2026 🥊

Your support has allowed us to purchase much needed equipment to support our girls in their training and competitions, and help with the associated costs of running this program.

With over 25 girls enrolled for term 2, we are seeing them all building their confidence and also getting great feedback from home.

And throughout the year we hope to share some positive stories with you from this program, as our girls all start to find their worth and place in the world 😍

17/05/2026

A great write up of our Head Coach Naomi Eunson 👏