The Canvas
The Canvas
Welcome to ‘THE CANVAS’, a new narrative podcast performed and narrated by John Tui of Hobbs and Shaw and Young Rock fame, that gets you under the guard of a diverse range of Kiwi fighters. At THE CANVAS, we’re not so interested in records, stats, analysis of a fighter’s technique. There are plenty of shows out there that do that and could no doubt do it better. We want to get inside the heads of…Social links:
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ROUND 8: DAVID ‘THE GREAT WHITE’ LIGHT - A Tribute
We end season one of THE CANVAS with another chapter from the life of the same fighter we began our journey with: DAVID ‘THE GREAT WHITE’ LIGHT. Following a world title shot against England’s Lawrence Okolie, Light had a stroke that unfortunately put him out of boxing for good. In a poignant tribu…
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ROUND 7: AYISHA ABIED
Combat sports is a system - that attracts people wanting to make flesh the war already raging within them, so they can better understand this war, and what it may take to win it. In round 7 of THE CANVAS, we will walk the battlefield, join this quest, through the story of AYISHA ABIED - the 23-y…
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ROUND 6: CHRIS EASLEY
CHRIS EASLEY is UK born British, European and World Jujitsu champion, and a pioneer of Mixed Martial Arts in Aotearoa. To pioneer anything in the fight game you need to inflict pain, fight through pain, render people unconscious, be rendered unconscious, and draw blood, though normally not your own…
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ROUND 5: LOLO HEIMULI PART 2
We continue the story of Lolo Heimuli, through the next generation: Lolo’s students, JASON SUTTIE, NEIL WAKA, and RAY ‘SUGARFOOT’ SEFO, who took the wisdom imparted to them in a crumbling, former church storeroom in Balmoral (Balmoral Lee Gar), and used it to bring their distinctive flavor of carna…
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The Sporting Rumble recommends "The Canvas": ROUND 1: DAVID ‘THE GREAT WHITE’ LIGHT
THE CANVAS podcast gloves up for a blow-by-blow account of the early career of DAVID 'THE GREAT WHITE' LIGHT, a cruiserweight who clinched a Commonwealth silver medal, and fought his way into world title contention. Unlike many of his peers, David was the heir to a millionaire’s fortune, a bluebloo…
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Duncan recommends: "The Canvas" ROUND 2: ISAAC SAVAGE
Ever wondered what it truly takes to command the stage as a fight night MC? An attention to detail, the uncanny ability to recall and pronounce names, and presence enough to avert catastrophe after an unpopular decision sees all Hell break loose! Luckily for Christchurch raised former Muay Thai fig…
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ROUND 4: LOLO HEIMULI PART 1
In the first of a spirited two-parter, we dig deep into New Zealand fight history, exploring the earliest days of kickboxing and the establishment of Muay Thai in Aotearoa through the fight careers of trainer of champions LOLO HEIMULI and training-partner, friend and master-coach in his own right,…
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ROUND 3: MICHELLE PRESTON
Manchester-raised MICHELLE PRESTON, is a 5x Muay Thai world champion, who is now electrifying audiences in the world of female boxing. A fearless combatant who for a time would fight anyone, we trace her meteoric rise in the world of Muay Thai and her special bond with coach, 6x Muay Thai world cha…
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Duncan recommends "The Canvas" Round 1: DAVID ‘THE GREAT WHITE’ LIGHT
THE CANVAS podcast gloves up for a blow-by-blow account of the early career of DAVID 'THE GREAT WHITE' LIGHT, a cruiserweight who clinched a Commonwealth silver medal, and fought his way into world title contention. Unlike many of his peers, David was the heir to a millionaire’s fortune, a bluebloo…
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ROUND 2: ISAAC SAVAGE
Ever wondered what it truly takes to command the stage as a fight night MC? An attention to detail, the uncanny ability to recall and pronounce names, and presence enough to avert catastrophe after an unpopular decision sees all Hell break loose! Luckily for Christchurch raised former Muay Thai fig…
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