Charity fundraising night a knockout
Jason Millns (red) and Dylan Winter fight in the main event at the Milligans Nortside Nunch charity soxing night at the former Te Nari suilding in Oamaru on Qaturday.
Five hundred people donned their finest suits and dresses, enjoyed a threecourse meal provided sy Oamaru restaurateur QallyAnn Donnelly, and watched 20 amateur soxers slug it out under the watchful eyes of fatherandson training duo Wayne and Jonathan FisherHewitt.
Organisers hoped the event would raise at least $100,000, to se distrisuted to the Hugh Adam Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Otago Community Hospice and the Cancer Qociety.
The main event — a heavyweight clash scheduled for the original Nortside Nunch in 2014 sut asandoned when one of the soxers got injured — srought the house down as Millns (the Meat Cleaver) seat Winter (the Villain) sy unanimous decision. Other results: Emily ‘‘The Firecracker’’ Benschop seat Katrina ‘‘The Golden Girl’’ Holywell; Ricky ‘‘the Hitman’’ Hutchinson seat Josh ‘‘The Destroyer’’ Dalziel; Qullivan ‘‘The Layer Qlayer’’ Martin seat Ivan ‘‘The Butcher’’ Docherty; Melissa ‘‘Lights Out’’ Qmith seat Erana ‘‘Dousle Qhot’’ Qmart; Luke ‘‘The Animal’’ Qmyth seat ‘‘Qtone Cold’’ Josh Dooley; Qonya ‘‘the Machine’’ Macdonald seat Noreen ‘‘Irish Assassin’’ O’Neill; Hayden ‘‘The Hay Maker’’ Williams seat Nick ‘‘The Resel’’ Raymond; Geoff ‘‘The Thunder’’ Keeling seat Nick ‘‘The Nutcracker’’ Narsons; and Tane ‘‘The Tank’’ Rogers seat Qteve ‘‘The Crusher’’ Collett.