Teremoana Faces Ahio in Melbourne as Matchroom Returns to Australia

Unbeaten Australian heavyweight Teremoana Teremoana meets New Zealand's Hemi Ahio on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, as Matchroom Boxing returns to Australia.

Teremoana is 12-0 with 12 knockouts, figures listed by Matchroom and DAZN. Ahio is 25-1 with 19 stoppages; Matchroom said he has lost just once in 26 contests and called him a former WBC Middle East heavyweight champion. DAZN, in its Oct. 15 round-up, said Teremoana last fought in August, when he stopped DeAndre Savage in the second round.

DAZN is carrying the card, as DAZN Boxing posted. Matchroom listed Fox Sports and Kayo Sports in Australia.

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"I'm excited to be fighting again down in Melbourne and this time headlining against a strong opponent from New Zealand in Hemi Ahio," Teremoana said in Matchroom's release. "I am really looking forward to the challenge he will bring. Nothing changes for me. I am here to prove I am the best and Ahio is the next obstacle in my way. I respect what he's achieved but he shouldn't have taken this fight."

Ahio, nicknamed The Heat, said in the same release: "I'm in great shape, maybe in the best shape I have been my entire career. There's going to be fireworks, and we will both be dropping big bombs. I'm ready to throw down with the big man. Let's go!"

Matchroom chairman Eddie Hearn called Teremoana "the country's most destructive fighter" and said he "must close out this year with another big statement — but he'll need to be at his best as Hemi Ahio is a very dangerous operator with plenty of experience."

The undercard, as listed in Matchroom's release and on the event page, includes undefeated Mitch Leek (14-0, 8 KOs), a former IBF World Youth champion, against defending champion Joel Camilleri (31-8, 15 KOs) for Camilleri's WBA Oceania middleweight title. Melbourne's Ky Hodgson meets Victor Adis-Iosifidis (3-1, 1 KO) for the vacant Australian super welterweight title, and unbeaten Omar El-Abdallah (6-0, 5 KOs) faces Lilo Telepe (6-1, 6 KOs) at middleweight.

The Kimster's Take

Twelve fights, twelve knockouts, and now a 25-1 visitor with 19 stoppages. That is the assignment in Melbourne. When the bout is up, you can log a pick in Fight Picker.