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17 June, 2025
A golden 12 hours of local amateur boxing talent
THE BodyShot Boxing Club, based in Caboolture, held its second annual Fisticuffs Golden Gloves Boxing event on Saturday, June 14, with 12 hours of non-stop action.
It’s the biggest Australian Boxing Council amateur tournament, attracting boxers from across the country to fight the best of the best.
BodyShot Boxing Club owner and head coach, Dwayne Tindall, said it was a great day and night jam-packed with live boxing entertainment.
“It was alive, it was popping from 11am to 10:45pm, it was full on and packed with people all day,” he said.
“Everyone had a good time, everyone loves that tournament, we want to do it again next year.
“It was a great success and our boys and girls did really well.”
A number of local BodyShot amateur boxers took part in the event, with 12 fighters winning Golden Gloves titles and three scoring silver medals.
While Dwayne said everyone from his club fought exceptionally well, twin brothers Kristian Pranic and Jai Law stole the show.
“Kristian won fight of the tournament and won a massive cup and $1000 cash prize,” he said.
“Jai Law won fight of the night against Sonny McClean who was the Australian champion for their division.
“We also had Rachael Toft who is a local nurse at Caboolture, and she won a gold medal too.”
The club also auctioned off signed items, with proceeds going straight back into BodyShot Boxing.
“We had auctions going and we had a Manny Pacquiao signed glove, a Jeff Fenech signed glove, and an Alexander Volkanovski signed glove in a big frame,” Dwayne said.
“We got a good price from the auctioned items, and it goes straight back into the club.
“It goes toward getting bags, trips away because we have trips coming up in Tahiti, California, England, and other equipment we need.”
Dwayne expects the event to continue growing, after tickets sold out two years in a row.
“We’ll be doing this over two or three days next year and we will lock in a time sometime next year,” he said.
“Next year we’ll probably hold it in the warmer months because it was very cold and everyone gets sick which causes more pull outs.
“We would still hold it at the Bribie Island Hotel, and we want to thank them for all that they’ve done and their service on the night, they went above and beyond.”
Dwayne also thanked all the event’s sponsors, and said they couldn’t have done it without them.
