(DEC 6) Geovana Peres won
her second fight for this year by Unanimous decision, dominating
and winning every round against Trish Vaka.
Brazilian Born New Zealand Citizen Geovana Peres, who is now
ranked 1st in WBA and 2nd on Boxrec.com had her second fight
this year since defending her NZ title against Lani Daniels in
March. Her opponent was originally going to be former top 10
ranked boxer, The Tongan Goddess Nailini Helu. However Nailini
Helu failed a police permit and due to late notice was not able
to get a clearance in time. Trish Vaka accepted the fight on 3
days notice.
Trish Vaka who just came off a
decision lose against Tessa Tualevao just 5 days before the bout
against Geovana Peres. Vaka had a good year this year with a win
over an Australian and ranked 10th on Boxrec in August. However
Geovana Peres was too much for Trish winning every round.
It is believe that a big announcement from Bruce Glozier will be
made any day now for Geovana Peres next fight for a major world
title fight, for his next show on March 2019 in New Zealand.
John Conway was at ringside during the bout between Geovana and
Trish, which could mean Geovana next opponent could be Lani
Daniels in an epic rematch.
Geovana Peres had a lot of support in the crowd tonight at the
Ellislie Event Centre in Auckland New Zealand with Terry
Batchelor, Alexey Papyshev, Navosa “Smiley” Ioata and Benjamin
Thomas Watt was in her corner. Peres also got to meet Junior Fa,
Hemi Ahio and Israel Adesanya before her fight as they wished
her good luck. Geovana Peres and Benjamin Thomas Watt were both
nominated at the New Zealand LGBTI Awards for Sports Personality
of the Year. Unfortunately neither won the award but were
finalists and attended the ceremony together.
The undercard also featured Hemi Ahio TKO win over Junior
Maletino Iakopo to put Ahio back into the top 100 rankings on
Boxrec. The American Visitor David Roberts Knocking out Aafeen
Deen. The biggest upset of the night was American Derion Chapman
losing to Fiji New Zealander Shiva Mishra by Majority decision.
It is believe that Chapman team might be appealing the decision
as they believe they won the fight and screwed them over. It was
an epic battle and we hope to see a rematch soon.