{"id":168742,"date":"2021-12-03T05:16:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T06:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=168742"},"modified":"2021-12-04T06:01:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T06:01:08","slug":"bulldogs-request-for-pangais-boxing-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=168742","title":{"rendered":"Bulldogs&#039; request for Pangai&#039;s boxing career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tevita Pangai Junior will step into the boxing ring to make his professional debut this weekend, and nobody will be more nervous than the Bulldogs&#x27; top brass.<\/p>\n<p>The new Canterbury forward will fight in a heavyweight bout against Gerico Cecil, himself a former Queensland Cup player.<\/p>\n<p>Oddly enough, Bulldogs general manager of football Phil Gould was more worried about the club&#x27;s reputation than his prized recruit&#x27;s health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/ashes-2021-nathan-lyon-could-face-axe-after-indian-struggles-shane-warne\/72fbbd2c-01a0-4af1-a125-62fa67989681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Shane Warne says Nathan Lyon could face Test axe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/basketball\/josh-giddey-and-evan-mobley-named-nba-rookies-of-the-month\/de1fa82c-c52b-4f17-82b4-25cfa115688e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Aussie teen named NBA Rookie of the Month<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/the-mole-billy-magoulias-reviving-nrl-career-via-stint-with-warrington\/050d281c-3e5b-4cd3-96c3-a6796a9a5137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sharks discard looks to revive NRL career via stint in England<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;He just said, &#x27;Make sure you don&#x27;t make the club look bad&#x27;,&quot; Pangai Jr told The Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>Pangai will fight on Saturday night and then leave for Sydney the following day to get ready for his first pre-season training session on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The fight will go for four rounds, and Pangai is actually giving up a slight weight disadvantage to Cecil, who weighs in at 120kg to the former Bronco&#x27;s 114kg.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"081e7281-bd34-4d19-a573-cc820de7f397\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/081e7281-bd34-4d19-a573-cc820de7f397\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They will both fight for the first time, and it will be on the undercard of Issac Hardman v Adam Stowe.<\/p>\n<p>Hardman is one of the fastest-rising stars in Australian boxing, a former MMA fighter who has racked up a perfect record since switching gloves, recording 11 wins, nine of them knockouts.<\/p>\n<p>He is rumoured to fight Michael Zerafa in early 2022 and, although he&#x27;s a very short-priced favourite this weekend, he&#x27;s not getting ahead of himself.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I do have an opponent in front of me on December 4 and I&#x27;m not overlooking him,&quot; he told Fight News Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I have people in my DMs all the time saying that I&#x27;m going to smash him, this and that, and asking me about Zerafa already. I&#x27;m not even thinking about Zerafa yet; I&#x27;ve gotta get through Adam, you know.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"5c7d47d8-a813-4fb1-a0c0-7e17296c03c8\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/5c7d47d8-a813-4fb1-a0c0-7e17296c03c8\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old isn&#x27;t gaining a lot but is risking everything. He&#x27;s acknowledged that a big pay day against Zerafa could be off the table if he suffers a huge upset in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s a hard-nosed, gritty fighter and will keep coming at you but, as my finance says, I have to treat every fight as if it&#x27;s for a world title,&quot; he told the Moreton Daily.<\/p>\n<h2>When is Hardman vs Stowe?<\/h2>\n<p>The card, live from Fortitude Valley in Queensland, will take place on Saturday, December 4.<\/p>\n<h2>What time will Hardman v Stowe start?<\/h2>\n<p>The fight card will kick off at 6:30pm (AEDT).<\/p>\n<h2>How to watch Hardman v Stowe?<\/h2>\n<p>The card will be broadcast live on Kayo and Fox Sports.<\/p>\n<h2>Tale of the Tape<\/h2>\n<h3>Issac Hardman<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nationality:<\/strong> Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date of Debut:<\/strong> July 14, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Fights:<\/strong> 11<\/p>\n<p><strong>Record:<\/strong> 11-0 (9 KOs)<\/p>\n<h3>Adam Stowe<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nationality:<\/strong> Australian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date of Debut:<\/strong> December 9, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Fights:<\/strong> 10<\/p>\n<p><strong>Record:<\/strong> 6-2-2 (4 KOs)<\/p>\n<h2>Odds<\/h2>\n<p><em>(At time of writing)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Issac Hardman to win $1.02<\/p>\n<p>Adam Stowe to win $11<\/p>\n<p>(Odds from Bet365)<\/p>\n<h2>What is the full fight card?<\/h2>\n<p><em>Subject to change<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Isaac Hardman v Adam Stowe &#8211; middleweight<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Hunt v Ben Kite &#8211; welterweight<\/p>\n<p>Jai Opetaia v Daniel Russell &#8211; cruiserweight<\/p>\n<p>Faiga Opelu v Lucas Browne &#8211; heavyweight<\/p>\n<p>Dana Coolwell v Miles Zalewski &#8211; super featherweight<\/p>\n<p>Ankush Hooda v John Ake &#8211; middleweight<\/p>\n<p>Tevita Pangai Jnr. v Gerico Cecil &#8211; heavyweight<\/p>\n<p>Taylah Robertson v Kylie Fulmer &#8211; banthamweight<\/p>\n<p>Termoana Jnr v Hunter Sam &#8211; heavyweight<\/p>\n<p>Adam Copland v James Honey &#8211; super middleweight<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tevita Pangai Junior will step into the boxing ring to make his professional debut this weekend, and nobody will be more nervous than the Bulldogs&#x27; <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=168742\" title=\"Bulldogs&#039; request for Pangai&#039;s boxing career\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=168742"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168744,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168742\/revisions\/168744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=168742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=168742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=168742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}