Boxing in Fiji

 Boxing is one of the most oldest sport that have been played in Fiji, and is controlled by the Fiji boxing commission. It is a sport where everyone can participate, people from the rural and urban areas as it requires pure skill.

Fiji has some well known boxers who have rose from underground boxing in Fiji such as Nathan Singh, Sebastian Singh, Sunia Cama and Farzan Ali.

The most popular boxing was in the year 70s and 80s as the hype for boxing became more the people became more interested in the sport and started betting on their favourite to win, most of the people liked this sport because of how dangerous it is

Just in recent years boxing have been revived to its core as there are more boxing events happening and that takes people interest as events happens all the time.



Many young people are taking boxing to stay fit and to learn to defend themselves and some even to start a career from it.

People mostly join boxing gyms to enhance their skills, there are boxing gyms located in Suva and Nadi and other areas as well.

The sport face challenges such as
-lack of equipment
-less fundings
-less evens
-only local leagues no national leagues.










The most notable boxer from fiji:
-Jnr Farzan Ali
-Sebastian Sniper Singh
-Jnr Mohammad Ali
-Winston Hill
-Aminiasi Saratibau












Why does boxing matter 
-it is a way we can discipline our selves.
-it is a great way of staying healthy and learning self defence.
-it can open many doors.
-can help to stay away from drugs and bad habits.

What needs to be done for the growth

-support form the government
-training programs
-social media support
-development of national boxing league.







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