FORMER Richmond forward Kayne Pettifer maintained an undefeated start to his professional boxing career last night, defeating Paul Gould on points at Hisense Arena.
Pettifer, who played 113 games for Richmond between 2001-09, last night had former Tigers teammates Jack Riewoldt, Chris Newman and Shaun Grigg in the crowd in support.
Another Richmond star, Dustin Martin, was also ringside.
The fight was just the 34-year-old’s second, but he looked accomplished against West Australian Gould, who now has a 1-3 record.
It was a three-round bout of two minutes each and the first was tight, before the fitter and stronger Pettifer took control.
Petiffer’s right hand caused Gould plenty of issues during rounds two and three.
He was adjudged a 30-27 winner by all three judges.
“It’s a big adrenaline rush, I’m really excited,” Pettifer said.
“I hit him with some good shots. It was really good of him to take the fight, because it only came up late.
“It was only three by two, so it was really on. But it was good to get the win and good to know that the hard work has paid off.”
Pettifer’s only previous bout was in December 2014 against Kiattisak Kuarwan, whom he beat on points at The Melbourne Pavilion.
But he said last night it’s up to his manager and trainer as to what direction his career goes next.
“I’ll see where they want me to go,” Pettifer said.
“But I definitely want to have one more, it’s a pretty addictive sport and this was a good night.”
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