(MAR 2) For the first time in 18 months, the IBO World Super Bantamweight champion Mea Motu will be returning to the historical ABA Stadium in Auckland on April 26.

During the recent Peach boxing event with Erin Walsh and Emma Nesbitt in the co-main event in the show, Mea Motu announced that she will be fighting at ABA Stadium against an opponent yet to be announced. This announcement comes after Peach boxing boxers (including Motu) left D&L Events and signed a contract with No Limit Boxing in Australia under Matt and George Rose.

Unfortunately, Dean Lonergan high high-powered financial backers had pulled their support due to the loss of multimillions of dollars. Due to this, Peach boxing had no choice but sign a new contract with the mega promoters in Australia.

In Motu's last fight, she successfully defended the IBO World title against Indian boxer Chandni Mehra, in a sold-out crowd at McKay Stadium, Whangarei on PPV last December.

Mea Motu main eventing at the ABA Stadium will mean there will be very limited tickets with fewer than 16 tables available and a small amount of GA Tickets. This will be a special event as this is where Motu began her professional boxing career 42 months ago, coming full circle.

Now that Motu is the IBO World champion and is aiming for the winner of the IBF and WBO unification world title fight between Ellie Scotney vs Segolene Lefebrvre in April. This could be the last time that Motu would not only fight at ABA Stadium but the last time to fight in New Zealand.

It is unknown who her opponent will be, however, the next opponent will be very important as she solidifies her position as the mandatory challenger for the winner of the unification fight. She is ranked quite highly on Boxrec, IBF, WBA and ESPN, the next boxer she fights must just keep her in that position.

Motu has stated she is looking for anyone to fight on the undercard of her event, as she wants to showcase some of the best amateur fighters in the country.

Motu was nominated at the Halberg Awards for 2023 High-Performance Sport New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year. Unfortunately, she did not make it as a finalist. However, she did make it as a finalist for New Zealand’s Favourite Sporting Moment of the Year with her fight against Ellen Simwaka, when Motu dislocated her shoulder in the first round, just to pop it back in and win the fight.

Outside of boxing, Motu has been a big ambassador for Mike King's charity I Am Hope. She openly talks about how we need to work hard for our children, especially children's mental health.

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