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Credit: Mike O'Hara Dragon Fire Boxing  Press Release: September 3, 2025 By Dragon Fire Boxing - Friday night,(August 29th) Dragonfire Promotions returned to the Metro City Night Club for another exciting display of young talent.   The main event saw “Lethal” Joel Lewis capture his second state title with a knockout win over Fano Kori.   The card also saw WBA Oceania Super Bantamweight Champion “Fist of Fury” Runqi Zhou with a 99 second KO, the return of “The African Dream” Kazeem Soyoye & The Isle of Man’s Sam Rennie continue his undefeated streak, along with other exciting prospects on display.   Joel Lewis Captures WA State Super Welterweight Title with Win Over Fano Kori   Joel Lewis claimed the WA State Super Welterweight title, defeating Fano Kori by a sixth-round KO in the evening’s main event. The victory marks the second state title of his professional career.   The Perth fighter has been on the comeback trail since suffering his fi...

Press Release: December 4, 2024 By Dragon Fire Boxing-  Last Friday night (November 29th), Dragon Fire Boxing Promotions closed off a successful year with an amazing card at Metro City Nightclub. Credit: Dragon Fire Boxing    In a night full of entertaining fights, stunning knockouts and emerging prospects, the Perth based promotion has left local boxing fans excited for 2025.   Jude Grant defeats Fano Kori to remain unbeaten in back and forth encounter In the main event of the evening Jude Grant made an emphatic statement when he defeated Fano Kori by Unanimous Decision.   The win advances the Aussie’s perfect record to 8-0 to mark the biggest win of his career, as it potentially sets him up for some massive fights next year.   With a high reputation and three state titles in his short boxing career, Grant was already viewed as one of the best prospects WA has to offer.   His opponent Fano Kori, was seen as Grant’s toughest fight to date. Despite some...

Press Release: November 23, 2024 By Dragon Fire Boxing-   Credit: Dragon Fire Boxing  On November 29, Dragonfire Promotions once again hits Metro City Night Club for its final show of the year.   In the main event, the undefeated Jude Grant aims to prove why he is one of the hottest prospects in Australia when he takes on the hard hitting veteran Fano Kori.   In his short boxing career spanning just over two years, Grant has established himself as one for the future.   Using his natural speed, superb foot movement and advanced ring IQ for his age, the Perth fighter has built up an undefeated resume of seven wins collecting three state titles along the way.   The young gun has picked up two impressive victories in 2024 and he looks to carry his momentum into the new year.   In his last fight, Grant picked up his second stoppage victory defeating Benny Tamaela. He aims to close off his impressive year with a statement victory over Kori who is said t...

Press Release September 5, 2023 By Dragon Fire Boxing - This past Friday as part of the Main Event of Thunderdome 43 at Metro Ciyt in Perth, Western Australia Jordan Larrucia defeated Fano Kori by unanimous decision for the ANBF (Australian Boxing Federation) Australasian Super Welterweight Championship.  Credit: Mike O'Hara  The fight was a back-and-forth war with Larrucia cementing himself as one of the rising prospects of the Australian boxing scene. Jordan Laruccia opened up about the fight; “I would like to thank so many people, my coach Big Rig (Dayle Phillips), Tony (Tolj), Greeny (Danny Green) in my corner. I really have the best team in the world and I’m always striving to be better. I had a great camp with Pops (Dayle Phillips) and want to thank all my team mates Jude Grant who won the W.A State Super Welterweight Title, Ryan Daye who had a 28 second KO, Wes Capper and Millad Farzad. I learnt a lot in there, It was an honour to share the ring with Fano w...

Press Release August 8, 2023 By Michael Clifton and Dragon Fire Boxing - Undefeated Australian Super Welterweight Jordan Laruccia returns to the ring on September 1 at Thunderdome 43. Credit: Dragon Fire Boxing  It took Jordan Laruccia less than a minute to dispatch an outgunned Jack Dolu at Thunderdome 42 on June 16. The Australian super welterweight barely had time to break a sweat before getting his hand raised in front of a packed Metro City. The Perth-based fighter's short and sweet performance has earned him both a step up in competition and status, with Laruccia set for his first main event bout when he takes on Fano Kori at Thunderdome 43 on September 1 at Perth's Metro City. The eight-round contest will have an extra sweetener on top with the vacant Australian National Boxing Federations Australasian Super Welterweight Championship on the line. Kori, an experienced veteran, will offer a far sterner test of Laruccia's skillset than Dolu did, which is wh...

Press Release July 21, 2023 By Dragon Fire Boxing - Thunderdome returns September 1st with its Forty Third installment of the popular bi-monthly promotions at the home of Western Australian boxing Metro City on September 1st.  Credit: Victor Lin   The main event will see Jordan Laruccia (5-0, 3 KOs) take on Fano Kori (8-6-1, 5 KOs) in the popular Super Welterweight division over 8 rounds in a Western Australian Civil war match for the Australian National Boxing Federations Australasian Championship. Laruccia touted by many boxing insiders as the future of the Super Welterweight division is coming off an impressive 23 seconds knock out over Captain Jack Dolo in June 16’s Thunderdome 42 co feature. Fano Kori has been in the ring with the whos who of the Super Welterweight division down under and will be a litmus test for Laruccia who has been eyeing out a prize fight with Nikita Tszyu. This will mark Laruccia’s inaugural Thunderdome Main Event while Kori will be inv...

Press Release: July 6,, 2023 By Dragon Fire Boxing - September 1st will be the return of the iconic Thunderdome boxing series, based out of Metro City in Perth, Western Australia. Credit: Dragon Fire Boxing    Headlining the Thunderdome 43 bill will highly touted prospect Jordan Laruccia who will look to go 6-0 as he challenges Fano Kori 8-5 for the Australian National Boxing Federations Australasian Super Welterweight Challenge over 8 rounds. The Event will be shown live on Fite.TV   Laruccia last hit out last a mere 23 seconds over Indonesian Jack Dolo, rather poetic for somename named “Jordan”.   Fano Kori has been in the ring with all the top challengers in Australia, such as Mateo Tapia, Wes Capper, Jesse White, Koen Mazouider, Sherwyn Watkins to name a few.   The unbeaten Italian Australian prospect Jordan hasn’t had an amateur career and has gone straight through the pro ranks and is making some noise after racking up Five wins from as many st...