New Zealand Olympic bronze medallist David Nyika, an unbeaten cruiserweight world title prospect, discusses his Auckland homecoming fight against American Tommy Karpency on a card televised around the world. Video: AAP.
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00:00It's going to be amazing. Having my home crowd, having everybody watching around the world,
00:04it's going to be amazing. I've worked really hard for this. It's been three and a half years since
00:08I last fought at home, so yeah, a huge deal for me. And yeah, we're bringing big-time boxing back
00:14to New Zealand. You've sort of been hiding away in Gutton, but you've got a reputation back home
00:20though, like have you felt the support? Yeah, yeah, like the anonymity kind of suits me,
00:24but coming back and being the star of the show is pretty cool, you know.
00:28So yeah, just cool to kind of jump back into the spotlight briefly,
00:33do a little dance and then get out, you know.