June 23, 2021
Boxing News
By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
Australian heavyweight champion Justis Huni’s plans to compete in the 2021 Japan Olympics are over. Huni reinjured a knuckle in his right hand in his KO win over Paul Gallen last week and has been forced to withdraw from the Australian Olympic team. The injury will require surgery.
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Pros should not be allowed to fight in the Olympics anyhow. Once a boxer fights professionally they have moved on from amateurs and should not go back. Just does not feel right.
Thats still discriminative against boxers. The purpose of the Olympic Games is to bring together the world’s finest athletes for winter and summer sports. The ref and the commissions are in place to protect participants. Many of the Olympic boxers are professional amateurs’ anyway. Cuba dont have pro fights so those guys are mostly fully grown men competing in amateurs’.
So are you saying that Tyson Fury should have got the nod over Frazer Clarke, just because he’s the best British H/W out there!!…..
Tennis and basketball comes to mind
I thought this might happen. Guy fought two 10 round fights in like 3 weeks and is going to turn around and fight a tournament a month later? I hope he’s okay, but a layoff for a few months probably isn’t the worst thing in the world for him at this point.
Bad luck for Huni..but on Gallens performance he could replace him . Gallens work ethic is second to none and I’m sure he would do himself and Australia proud !
I’m with you re Gallen – he could bring home the gold. It gives him a chance to fight for free too – something I’m sure he’s been dying to get the opportunity to do. One option Australia needs to look at and where they have a chance to catch up with their NZ counterparts would be to select a female to male trans boxer to fly the rainbow flag and show the world that there is no difference between men and women or trans men and women. It would be a great day for equality to see a rainbow boxer on the podium or even leading their nation out in the opening ceremony. Australia need to make a statement and Hunis replacement should be trans in the name of equality. Now is the time to act. My condolences to Huni, I am sure we will see him in the ring soon. A fight against the Aussie stand in in the professional ring would be a PPV event over there!
Had little choice but to fight so often – Olympics delayed, no major amateur comps, no travel. He had to take 10 round pro bouts or he would not have been prepared. Disappointing he won’t go for the gold medal. Ditch the amateur style completely. After another 10 fights ditch your dad as trainer and get on board with a US trainer. Look how fury progressed once he ditched his uncle as trainer, big things for Huni – just hope his handlers have a set of nuts and get him meaningful fights not safety first bullshit that’s killing boxing.
He got 300k for the Gallen fight – that’s about 5 years pay for an Australian up and coming heavy – he beat Gallen so that potentially makes him a PPV fighter there – fights a few rugby hard men everyone gets a pay day he makes good moola with no risk.
As for the Olympics there is a fantastic boxer from the lesbian scene that transitioned to male just last year their fighting name at the time was Kitty – undefeated on that circuit. Australia needs to put him in and the world needs to embrace the worlds first female to male trans olympic heavyweight competitor. Such a great story, like the NZ heavyweight weight lifter that will win gold in the womens div for the NZ trans community. Huni could be instrumental in the development of trans heavyweight boxing. A legend could be born.
Thank you Huni – look forward to your next fight on the Aussie Fox PPV.