Justis Huni

Justis Huni and Joe Goodall were due step into the ring in Brisbane on February 4, but the fight has been postponed and will now take place later in the ...

Goodall had some bright moments but Huni by far got the better of the majority of exchanges, As expected, Goodall was in Huni's face all night but the Brisbane product's handspeed and boxing skills were too much for his opponent. Huni's team flagged the possibility of Goodall making things ugly and that was the case at times as the referee preferred to let them fight out of the clinch more often than not, making for a messy affair.

Australian heavyweight Justis Huni scores a unanimous decision against fellow compatriot Joseph Goodall at Nissan Arena in Brisbane, QLD.

Joseph Goodall suffers the first defeat in his pro boxing career and drops to 7-1-1, 6 KOs. Justis Huni came out on top when he faced Joseph Goodall in all-Australian heavyweight clash at Nissan Arena in Brisbane, QLD on Wednesday, June 15. With the win by unanimous decision Justis Huni improves to 6-0, 4 KOs and remains undefeated.

Last week, the 23-year-old's home in southern Brisbane was shot up in a terrifying drive-by attack in the early hours of the morning, although none of the ...

Their pedigree, and Goodall's year-long rejuvenation in the United States in the lead-up, meant the fight was billed as the country's biggest heavyweight battle in more than a century. Despite the horrifying ordeal, Huni was able to focus on the task at hand and put on a boxing clinic to see off his 29-year-old rival on Wednesday night. Justis Huni puts on a boxing clinic to cruise past a stubborn Joseph Goodall as Australian brightest heavyweight prospect brushes off drive-by shooting drama to extend his perfect record in Brisbane

It's been billed as the biggest heavyweight clash in Australia in decades, maybe even a century, but it's finally fight time between the undefeated stars ...

And depending on the earlier fights, the main event is expected at around 9.30-10pm AEST. “Kevin, in my opinion, is a master trainer who would have done a massive job on Joe,” Lonergan said at the time. They weighed in 5 grams over the 10 ounce limit. The lighter gloves are the easier they are to knock an opponent out as there is less padding in and a greater surface area for strikes. “What Kevin brings to the table those with a willingness to win and do anything to win. It comes after Lonergan lit the fuse earlier in the week at the press conference, calling Goodall’s trainer Kevin Barry “a master of all the dark arts of boxing”. Huni’s promoter Dean Lonergan threw a spanner into the works earlier in the day as the teams signed off on the gloves, calling for the officials to watch out for the last minute swapping of gloves out of bags, intentional fouls and allowing for representatives of each camp to watch wraps being put on. It was a mismatch from the start as Feterika took the fight on one week’s notice and was gassed almost instantly after three years out of the ring. The judges gave it a 57-57, 58-56x2 to Gipp in about the closest result you can imagine. “I don’t know what has transpired and I don’t know what the negotiations have been able to do, but it does look like he’s happy to head in now and take his place,” Damon said. We’ve got a contender for the fight of the night after Jack Gipp won the closest of decisions over Francis Waitai in a brilliant super middleweight clash. “A little bit of drama in the building because Joe Goodall is here, but he’s sitting in a car at the moment out the front refusing to head in, because members of his party have not been allowed access by the promoters of this event,” Main Event’s Ben Damon said.

Justis Huni and Joe Goodall were due step into the ring in Brisbane on February 4, but the fight has been postponed and will now take place later in the ...

Drama erupted at Brisbane's Nissan Arena late in the fight between monster heavyweights Marvin Feterika and Toese Vousiutu, which was set at four rounds but was ...

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here! And Feterika then didn't even wait for the referee to announce Vousiutu as the winner, trudging out of the stadium. Feterika's trainer hopped into the ring to wedge himself between the two big units in the nick of time, extinguishing the tension.