Floyd Masson against David Nykia?
It’s a cruiserweight bout between two Queensland based boxers which would command huge interest in the Waikato where both were born.
Floyd Masson
Boxing scribe Benjamin Watt has suggested the matchup as a potential future fight for Te Awamutu born Masson who stopped fellow Kiwi Joshua Francis in Mansfield, Queensland last weekend.
Hamilton born 2021 Olympics bronze medal winner Nykia, who lives in Queensland, is unbeaten after nine outings as a professional and should be favoured to beat 37-year-old Australian southpaw Blake Caparello in Auckland in September.
Floyd Masson
Masson was fighting last weekend for the first time since taking a brutal battering and losing his IBO World Cruiserweight title 11 months ago to Belgian Yves Ngabu.
The fight was scheduled for eight round but was stopped in the fourth as Masson piled on the pressure.
Watt said with the win Masson could return to the top 15 in the IBF world rankings and there were many “mouthwatering fight to be made across New Zealand and Australia”.
“But it is also time to be smart to make sure the next move gets him back into the top 15 across all four sanctioning bodies,” he said.
“Some fights could include Luke Modini, who has been an unstoppable force in Australia. Since Modini and Masson are under the same promotion, it is very possible to make it happen. The former interim world title contender Bilal Akkawy and Jason Whateley are two particularly high-profile Australian fights that could be fight-of-the-year potential opponents for Masson.”
Floyd Masson
Watt suggest Masson could also be lined up to meet the winner of the John Parker-Alivereti Kauyaca bout in Hamilton in early September.
“The WBC Australasian Champion Sam Abdulrahim would be another good fight for Masson to help him climb the WBC rankings.”
But he said the fight New Zealand fans would want to see is Masson against Nyika.
“This would be an epic fight, especially since both boxers are from the Waikato, and it is something everyone wants to see.”
