Peach Boxing's 'Lethal Ladies' Ready To Put On A Show This Friday Night

Erin Walsh and Emma Nesbitt return to the ring on Friday night at Auckland ABA Stadium.

New Zealand women's boxing is currently on a high, with super bantamweight Mea Motu and light heavyweight Lani Daniels holding world titles in their respective divisions.

This Friday night, at ABA Stadium, Peach Boxing's Erin Walsh and Emma Nesbitt will look to continue the run of success our female fighters are experiencing when they take on Fiji's Sera Bolatini and Laite Nanov, respectively.

The pair will headline Peach Boxing's Lethal Ladies event, which will also feature an undercard of some of New Zeland’’s top up and coming amateur fighters.

Both fighters have recently turned pro and will be looking to follow in their stablemate Motu's footsteps by beginning their climb up the world ranks. Walsh, a decorated amateur, announced herself on the pro scene last November with a second-round TKO win over Thailand's Nantachat Wanpeng.

It was a night to remember for the Irish-born boxer, who has been with Peach Boxing for several years now and is steadily developing as an athlete.

"It was an amazing experience. I loved how coming out, the whole theme of it was Irish, " Walsh explains.

"It was awesome. So it really felt like the whole night was about me. I didn't expect it to finish so fast. Obviously, you're just prepared to win. So yeah, just knocking her out was just so great."

Walsh has competed on multiple Peach shows as an amateur and has watched the career progression of her teammates over the years, from starting out on local shows to competing on international cards. Now it is the 28-year-old's turn to be the headline act for Peach Boxing's shows. Walsh knows that Bolatini will be coming to fight on Friday and has been putting in the hours at the gym in preparation for her upcoming encounter.

" You know, the dynamic that we have here in the gym, it's really cool, and everyone is real close, and we all push each other," she says.

" I know with the gym that everyone's there for each other, and we will help each other. So we train extremely hard. I just trust in our training, and I trust that the work that I put in, I'll [back] get out. "

Fighting alongside Walsh is Emma Nesbitt, one of Peach Boxing's newest fighters. However, while Nesbitt is a relative newcomer to boxing, she is no stranger to the New Zealand combat sports scene.

The 19-year-old has more than a decade's worth of experience as a Muay Thai fighter but has now shifted her sights on conquering the world of boxing.

"The goal is becoming a world champ within the next two years," Nesbitt says.

It is a lofty ambition, but Peach Boxing has already shown that there is a pathway to the sport's highest stage for local fighters, as long as they are prepared to put in the work.

Nesbitt switched to the ' sweet science' after getting a taste for the sport when she took on former national amateur champion Holly McMath on three weeks' notice last June.

"I actually joined Isaac [Peach] about a week after that fight because I didn't really have much boxing training for that fight, if any, Nesbitt explains.

"So I thought, why not join the best boxing gym in the country and in the world and see how far I can go with it?"

Nesbitt has been working with Peach for eight months now and scored her first win pro win last November when she defeated Thailand's Khwunchit Khunya via unanimous decision.

It was her first boxing fight with a whole camp behind her, and she did not disappoint, as she earned herself a dominant victory.

"Honestly, I loved it, especially getting to properly debut boxing with an actual camp and just show people that I might have come from another sport, but I can come here, and I can take over a whole new sport as well."

She is also enjoying the camaraderie of training alongside Motu and Walsh. Together, the three of them motivate and help support one another, providing a potent reminder of how important it is to have the right team behind you in boxing.

"Having these two strong women has bettered my career in more ways than I can even explain. I look up to them inside the ring outside the ring; they guide me every day. So, I've been super grateful to have them as my training partners, " Nesbitt says.

On Friday night, fans will have the chance to see two of our next-generation female fighters chart their paths to the sport's highest pinnacle when they lace up their gloves for Lethal Ladies.

Tickets can be purchased at peachboxing.co.nz