"King" David Tua recaptured the crown of New Zealand boxing today when the former world heavyweight title challenger put an end to the aspirations of rugged Kiwi Shane Cameron at The Mystery Creek Events Centre in Hamilton.

It was well expected that Cameron would have to stick and move if he were to keep the much shorter and huge-punching Tua at arm's length and the 31 year old tried to do just that once the bell sounded.

But the far more experienced Tua knew how to negate Cameron's attempts and was soon putting dents into his opponent with big, booming shots.

Cameron was just about finished by the end of the the first round but was saved by the bell. No such luck came to his aid in the second as Tua simply picked up where he left off and the one-sided contest was mercifully halted. More...

There were two fight cards of consequence this weekend Down Under and we start on Friday's action in New South Wales where there was a high level cruiserweight clash in the Sydney suburb of Blacktown.

WBO Oriental Champion Lawrence Tauasa, 30-5-1 (17), won the 14th of his last 15 bouts and picked up the vacant PABA belt in the process by knocking out visiting Bolivian slugger Saul Farah, 32-6-2 (26), in the third round.

Farah, who saw an eight fight win streak go down the tubes, had failed to make weight, coming in eight pounds over the 200 pound cruiserweight limit and was unable to take possession of the titles had he won.

The hyper-busy South American had fought just two weeks ago in Bolivia and was engaging in his seventh bout this year after participating in 15 matches in 2007. More...

There wasn't a lot of action Down Under last night, but there were two important bouts, one each in New South Wales and Victoria.

Cruiserweight Lawrence Tauasa retained his IBF Australasian belt, needing only two rounds to bring the challenge of opponent Eduardo Jesus Oscar Rojas to a halt at the RSL Club in the Sydney suburb of Rooty Hill.

The 5 foot 9 inch tall Samoan Tauasa outweighted the Argentine import by nearly 4.5 kg and went through his journeyman challenger without much difficulty before producing a stoppage at 1:05 of the second frame.

Tauasa improves to 29-5-1 (16) and the former Australian Cruiser Champ has now won three bouts in a row at 91 kg following his three year stint as a heavyweight.

Rojas, 12-13-7 (6), had turned pro as a welterweight and the well-traveled 30 year old Buenos Aires man has faced such luminaries as Frederic Klose, Walter Dario Matthysse and Daniel Bruwer during his nine year career. More...