Pacific Games 2023

More than 50 participants took part in the tournament which included children’s and exhibition bouts reports Nauru Media News.

The boxing federations’ Secretary General, Fulton Amran said the event last Saturday was a huge success even though the management faced challenges to host the tournament.

The Pacific Games will be held in Solomon Islands in November.

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Honiara won the hosting bid in 2016 but only secured land to build the new main stadium early last year.

Clint Flood is a senior advisor to the 2023 Pacific Games National Hosting Authority, which is being run out of the Prime Minister's Office.

He said the main focus right now is addressing the lack of sporting facilities currently in Honiara.

"We're sitting here in Apia where they're blessed to have all these venues from 2007. We don't have that in Honiara

The Pacific Games Council's General Assembly voted in favour of the Melanesian country by one vote over French Polynesia, which also lost out to Tonga in the final vote for the 2019 Games.

RNZI reports both delegations made their final presentations in Port Vila on Wednesday.