Super 8 Boxing Tournament

The Super 8 Boxing Tournament is a professional boxing tournament that is held in New Zealand. Super 8 is owned by John McRae, who is the Managing director of VSLive. VS Live was formerly known as Sky Arena. Sky ARENA previously owned by SKY Television New Zealand and VADR Media. In 2015 VADR Media acquired 100% of SKY ARENA shares and relaunched as VS LIVE.[1]

Super 8
SportBoxing
Founded2014
Owner(s)John McRae
CommissionerNew Zealand National Boxing Federation
CountryNew Zealand
Venue(s)The Trusts Arena
North Shore Events Centre
Horncastle Arena
SkyCity Auckland
Most recent
champion(s)		Israel Adesanya (Cruiserweight)
Reece Papuni (Light Heavyweight)
Most titlesIsrael Adesanya (2)
TV partner(s)Sky Arena (2014 - 2015)
Sky Sports (2015 - Present)
Sponsor(s)NZ Boxer
Rockstar energy drink
Mahindra
Official websiteVSLive

Tournament format

Super 8 is a last man standing eight man tournament that is compete in one night. Seven boxing bouts will be contested in one night, each bout being scheduled for three rounds, each round being three mins with a minute break in between rounds. If after three rounds a fight is declared a draw, an extra round maybe required to determine the winner. Judges will not be encouraged to draw fights but will be accepted in the case of close contests. In the event of a draw after a fourth round, the winner will be decided in consultation with the Referee and fight Supervisor. If an injury occurs to a winning boxer that eliminates him from the competition, he is to be replaced by the most deserving or merit worthy losing boxer from the earlier competition or reserve fight winner as decided by the Supervisor. A random draw out of a hat will be conducted to determine which fighters contest each other in four quarter final matches. Super 8 IV was not scheduled for its usual eight man tournament, but instead replaced by two four man tournaments, in which both tournaments were different weight divisions.[2]

Super 8 I (Heavyweight)[3]

The first Super 8 was competed on 4 June 2014 at The Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. The Undercard also featured Hemi Ahio vs Will Quarrie, Dimitri Simoukov vs Joe Blackbourn and Sam Rapira vs Taito Ratuere.[4]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Hasim Rahman
Anthony Nansen UD
Anthony Nansen
Michael Sprott UD
Martin Rogan
Michael Sprott MD
Michael Sprott 1st Rd
Kali Meehan KO
Alonzo Butler
Brice Ritani Coe SD
Brice Ritani Coe
Kali Meehan UD
Kali Meehan SD
Hunter Sam

Super 8 II (Cruiserweight I)[5]

The second Super 8 was competed on 22 November 2014 at North Shore Events Centre, North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand. The Undercard also featured Willis Meehan vs Will Quarrie, David Aloua vs Anthony McCracken and Kali Meehan vs Shane Cameron.[6]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Joseph Kwadjo
Brad Pitt UD
Brad Pitt UD
Daniel Ammann
Israel Adesanya
Daniel Ammann UD
Brad Pitt MD
Vaitele Soi
James Emmerson 3rd Rd
Monty Filimaea KO
Monty Filimaea
Vaitele Soi UD
Lance Bryant
Vaitele Soi SD

Super 8 III (Cruiserweight II)[7]

The third Super 8 was competed on 28 March 2015 at Horncastle Arena, Christchurch, New Zealand. The Undercard also featured Hemi Ahio vs Clarence Tillman, Monty Betham vs Adam Hollioake and Anthony McCracken vs Vaitele Soi.[8]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Brian Minto TKO
Monty Filimaea 2nd Rd
Brian Minto UD
Daniel Ammann
Falani Tavu'i
Daniel Ammann UD
Brian Minto 4th Rd
Israel Adesanya SD
Asher Derbyshire 2nd Rd
Israel Adesanya KO
Israel Adesanya MD
Lance Bryant
Joseph Kwadjo
Lance Bryant UD

Super 8 IV (Cruiserweight III & Light Heavyweight)[9]

The fourth Super 8 was competed on 03rd of November 2015 at Sky City Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. The Undercard also featured Hemi Ahio vs Alapati A'asa, Monty Betham vs James Langton and Paul Gallen vs Bodene Thompson.[10]

Semifinals Finals
      
1 Zane Hopman
4 Israel Adesanya UD
Israel Adesanya UD
Lance Bryant
3 Lance Bryant UD
2 James Porter
Semifinals Finals
      
1 Robert Berridge UD
4 Sefo Falekaono 4th Rd
Robert Berridge 4th Rd
Reece Papuni SD
3 Reece Papuni UD
2 Brad Riddell 4th Rd

References
  1. "VSLive Bio". VSLive. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. "SUPER 8 COMPETITION RULES". Sky TV. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  3. "Boxrec Fight Night". Boxrec. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  4. Daniel Richardson (2014-06-05). "Boxing: Meehan takes inaugural Super 8 final". NZHerald. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  5. "Boxrec Fight Night". Boxrec. 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  6. Daniel Richardson (2014-11-22). "Boxing: Meehan sends Cameron to retirement". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  7. "Boxrec Fight Night". Boxrec. 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  8. Daniel Richardson (2015-03-29). "Boxing: Adesanya claims Super 8 crown". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  9. "Boxrec Fight Night". Boxrec. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  10. CLAY WILSON (2015-11-04). "Super 8: Betham wins NZ cruiserweight boxing title to follow in father's footsteps". Stuff. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
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