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Speaker 1: Well, there's plenty happening this weekend and I'm pleased to

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Speaker 1: say that there is going to be a fight night

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Speaker 1: on Saturday. And joining me on the line is Boxing

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Speaker 1: and T Secretary Penny Rochford. Good morning to your Penny.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Katie, Penny.

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Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit more about what we can

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Speaker 1: expect on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: So we've got twenty one bouts booked in for Saturday night,

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Speaker 2: starting from our first up and coming having their first

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Speaker 2: fight into the territory elites. So we've got a few

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Speaker 2: that one that went away represented at comm game competing

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Speaker 2: and a few of the Golden Gloves champions coming on

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Speaker 2: their way back. Awesome, what's happening.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it sounds like it's going to be a big

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Speaker 1: night twenty one bouts. Penny. Any, are there any boxes

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Speaker 1: coming from other locations around the territory or in or nationally.

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Speaker 2: So we've got some boxes car traveling up from Springs. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we've got one new South Wales boxer that's put their

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Speaker 2: hand up. He was up here on holidays that wanted

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Speaker 2: to jump in, so he's on the card as well.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, mainly Darwin and Alice.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff. Now, are there any any bouts through. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I know all the bouts are going to be good ones,

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Speaker 1: but are there any throughout the night that we should

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Speaker 1: be waiting and keeping a really close eye on.

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Speaker 2: So we've got our main event, which is a one

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Speaker 2: hundred and fifty kilo guy getting in the ring. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: so that could be a that'll be a cracker and

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Speaker 2: a lot of the kids kids getting in there. They

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Speaker 2: just love having having a crack, so just they just

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Speaker 2: go from start finish.

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Speaker 1: Oh fantastic stuff. One hundred and fifty kilos. Geez I

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Speaker 1: bet he can throw them?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely can.

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Speaker 1: That will be an interesting one now I know that

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Speaker 1: this fight night as well, it is ahead of next

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Speaker 1: month's Australian Club Championships, which we'll see the biggest group

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Speaker 1: ever of Territory boxes head to Adelaide.

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Speaker 2: Yes, so we're hoping to have about twenty boxes go

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Speaker 2: away and compete at that. We'll have two of our

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Speaker 2: boxes hopefully win back to back gold and then a

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Speaker 2: few redemption bouts as well. And then it's a good

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Speaker 2: tournament to go to because it's matched zero to three,

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Speaker 2: three to five, so they do get in and they're

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Speaker 2: evenly matched, so it's good to see where we're against

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Speaker 2: the rest of the country.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And you did mention that there are a

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Speaker 1: couple of boxes who are hoping that they come away

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Speaker 1: with the back to back win. Who are they? Who

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Speaker 1: should we know about?

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Speaker 2: So we've got Jericho Dale and Vitter Formatu, both of

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Speaker 2: them are fighting this weekend. They're fighting each other. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: they both won gold at Club Championships last year and

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Speaker 2: they're hoping to They want to be the first Territory

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Speaker 2: Territory boxes to bring it back so the second year, Oh, good.

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Speaker 1: Luck to them. Hey, Peenny, when it comes to boxing

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Speaker 1: in the Northern Territory, how do you go like in

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Speaker 1: terms of those various weight divisions. I know it can

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Speaker 1: be tough sometimes to get enough boxes to be able

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Speaker 1: to sort of fight against against those that are similar

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Speaker 1: skills level and also at a similar weight. But how

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Speaker 1: are things going around the place at the moment.

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Speaker 2: It's not too bad. We we've managed to get twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty one bouts on the card. Yeah, and we do

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Speaker 2: have a few of our boxes club on club so

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Speaker 2: it means Cyclone versus Cyclone. But we're not too concerned

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Speaker 2: about the results at our fight night it's more the

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Speaker 2: anti titles and things like that, which they'll be in

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Speaker 2: different weight categories. But yes, it is always hard and

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Speaker 2: were hoping to get enough money out of this fighttnight

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Speaker 2: to be able to bring spot fighters up to the

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Speaker 2: territory and really showcase those elite boxes that we've got

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Speaker 2: going around at the moment.

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Speaker 1: Well, and twenty one bouts, I mean, that's still a

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Speaker 1: busy night, isn't it. That's still quite a few bouts

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Speaker 1: in one night when you are just looking at the

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Speaker 1: territory and a few fighters from other locations.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. It's probably one of the biggest ones we've

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Speaker 2: had in a long time. Penny, where's the titles?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's awesome. Where's it happening? And can anyone come along?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, anyone can come now that the cho has relaxed

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Speaker 2: all the rules. It's at the Ciperis Club in Baton

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Speaker 2: Road in Marara. Yeah, thirty dollars for adults and kids

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Speaker 2: under sixteen fifteen dollars.

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Speaker 1: And have you got any you know, anybody making their

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Speaker 1: debuts having their first bout this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got quite a few in the card. We've

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Speaker 2: got a lot of our little ten year olds having

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Speaker 2: their first fight. So there's probably about five or six

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Speaker 1: Oh good on them. That's exciting. Is it mostly the

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Speaker 1: boys or have you got girls that get involved as well?

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Speaker 2: We have three girl bouts time round. Yeah, so that's

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Speaker 2: really really good. Some of them are on the exhibition

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Speaker 2: due to the weight category and the limited a number

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Speaker 2: of girls, but it's still good to get in there

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Speaker 2: and get the experience in front of a crowd.

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Speaker 1: Wonderful stuff. I love the boxing. I never boxed myself, obviously,

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Speaker 1: but not obviously. Maybe I could have given a penny.

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Speaker 2: But I grew up.

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Speaker 1: We're two older brothers who certainly did a lot of boxing.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a fantastic sport to watch. I always

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Speaker 1: enjoy it. So good luck on the weekend. I hope

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Speaker 1: it's a cracking night.

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Speaker 2: Thanks very much, Katie, Thank you, No worries at all,