Home / Sport / BoxingChristopher Reive Senior Sports Journalist·NZ Herald·7 Aug, 2026 03:01 AM6 mins to read‌Joseph Parker talks to ZB's Mike Hosking about his plans after being cleared to fight again. Video / Newstalk ZBAdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.David Nyika accepts his fiancée’s battle with cancer is part of his story now. Late in 2025, the Kiwi boxer’s world was thrown into a spin when partner Lexy Thornberry, then 24, was diagnosed with head and neck cancer.

After six months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, Thornberry

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