The president of New Zealand's Boxing Coaches Association has called an event where 32 amateur fighters box each other to try and win $50,000 "straight-out thuggery."
The tournament, called "king of the streets", is being promoted by professional mixed martial arts fighter Dan "Hangman" Hooker and was endorsed by UFC fighter Israel Adesanya.
The event is being promoted as having no professionals and no weight limits, with competitors taking part in one minute "scraps" wearing MMA gloves.
Association president Billy Meehan told Checkpoint it's not boxing, a
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