One other thing - Marty should still be concratualated for putting on and hosting the event, shows are never easy and success is never garanteeded - the organisational template gets refined with each event and should thus improve, there is a place for the nationals and to be quite frank if grew in stature would be considered a breeding ground for potential K-1 / Max competitors.

The other problem is that NZ is a small country and our fighters turn pro very early, and this lessens the appeal of an Ameteur show to some extent. This is a hard thing to get around, additionally with there being so many quality shows run now all with ABC titles the appeal of an NZTBA title is also not as high. For example why fight another Kiwi when you can fight an Aussie as an Ameteur for a ABC Commonwealth, South Pacfic or what ever title?

Unfortunately most of our ameteurs train like pros and often with pros, the format of the shows are often professional and essentially the rules are the same also ... hence it is a mind set that will be hard to get around.