December 16, 2022
Youth work keeping Daniels fit between bouts
She’s the women’s top-ranked World Boxing Council light heavyweight and Number Two in the World Boxing Association ranks – and she trains out of a home gym at Pipiwai in rural Northland.
Lani Daniels of Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi, and Te Orewai, is now looking to take on either the new Pro Box New Zealand heavyweight title holder, fellow kiwi Alrie Meleisea, or South African champ Razell Mohamed.
She says that’s up to her management team, while she focuses on her other passion – youth support in Pipiwai.
“With the boxing that we do, we don’t charge them… do it for free… something that they can do, we don’t have much out here so its awesome to see our kids getting amongst it,” she says.
Lani Daniels says it’s always a struggle to get sponsorship, which is why she continues her nursing career part-time.
made her massive return to boxing this year after a three-year hiatus from the ring. She fought WBA ranked 3rd Sequita Hemingway in her first fight back, and Tinta Smith for her Third New Zealand title in her second fight for the year
Alrie Meleisea beat Sequita Hemingway in Auckland on Friday night, where the Pro Box New Zealand heavyweight title was on the line. Meleisea now puts herself in the world title picture, possibly against world No 1, New Zealander Lani Daniels (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi, Te Orewai).
But the WBO and IBF are vacant, which gives Daniels and Meleisea an opportunity to fight for either of the titles.
Paakiwaha, Lani Daniels, NZ Boxer, Northland,