Brisbane floods delay Australasia title

Unprecedented floods in Brisbane, Australia, has forced a 24-hour postponement of the WBC Australasia super lightweight championship defense of Steve Spark  against Filipino River Daz.

The championship event for March 2 has been rescheduled to March 3.

Spark (25) with 12 wins and 2 loses takes on talented challenger Daz (26) who is undefeated in boxing 4-0 after making successfully switching from an undefeated (26-0) multiple martial arts career including Glory Kickboxing.

After running out of opponents in his weight class, Spark is looking to securing a top level contest against one of the world’s best boxers now that most international travel restrictions have been lifted with many scheduled flights re-started to and from Australia.

However Daz is a formidable hurdle for Spark and capable of causing an upset.

“I remain undefeated in several combat sports including boxing,” said Daz.”The Covid pandemic gave me plenty of gym time to tune and improve my boxing skills. I know that Spark of one of the best boxers in Australia but I have come through some big challenges in the ring and know what has to be done to win.”

Spark and “The Filipino Flash” Daz will be share the limelight with Nikita Tszyu (younger brother of top ranked Tim Tszyu) who takes on undefeated Aaron Stahl.

Southpaw Nikita (24) and brother Tim are both in the middleweight division and are following the footsteps of their famous father Kostya who won multiple WBC world championships.