Auckland Boxing Association Stadium (also known as ABA Stadium) is a New Zealand venue for combat sports hosting over 150 events in boxing alone. ABA Stadium is also recognized for its grassroots of boxing. The earliest reported professional boxing event according to Boxrec was in June 1992 where Jimmy Thunder fought Craig Petersen for the Australian Title.
Wall of Champions
On the walls at the entrance and bar of ABA Stadium, there are photos of all notable champions from Shane Cameron winning the Commonwealth title to David Tua for being World title contender. Also on the walls are photos of amateur boxing class each year from the Auckland Boxing Association.
17 June 2010 Soulan Pownceby defeated Joel Casey for the World Boxing Foundation World light heavyweight title and the WBO Asia Pacific light heavyweight title
27 August 2010 Daniella Smith defeated Gabriela Marcela Zapata. This bout was set up to prepare Smith for her fight for the IBF World title in Germany.
1 June 2012 Soulan Pownceby defeated Daniel MacKinnon for the WBO Asia Pacific light heavyweight title. This was also Pownceby's last fight due to receiving a neck injury that required surgery.
29 June 2012 Steve Heremaia defeated Lee Oti for the vacant WBO Oriental middleweight title. It was the third time the two had met.
