Dragon Fire Boxing

Dragon Fire Boxing (also known as Dragon Fire Promotions) is an Australian professional boxing promotion based in Perth, Western Australia. The company is best known for staging the long-running Thunderdome boxing series, held primarily at the Metro City nightclub in Northbridge, Perth. Media coverage of the series notes that Thunderdome began in 2003 and has become a fixture of the Western Australian boxing scene.

Dragon Fire events are fronted by Perth-based promoter and manager Tony Tolj, whose Dragon Fire Australia Pty Ltd is listed by BoxRec as the promoting entity for numerous Metro City shows. Many Thunderdome cards have featured Western Australian state titles and WBC regional titles for local prospects and Oceania visitors.

History

Thunderdome began in February 2003, and has held an average of 4 events per year since 2013, with the series becoming “ingrained in the fabric of Australian boxing”. The majority of shows are staged at Metro City, Northbridge, with four Boxing Mania events held in Tweed Heads NSW, Australia. .

The series has been used to develop local contenders and showcase visiting talent. Notable recent headliners include Jeff Horn, Glen Austin, Jackson England and Sam Rennie.

Thunderdome series

Thunderdome is Dragon Fire’s flagship event and typically feature multiple professional bouts and occasional Western Australian or WBC regional title contests.

Events

Thunderdome 52, a professional boxing event, will be held on 28 November 2025 at Metro City in Northbridge, Perth, Western Australia. The card featured twelve professional bouts sanctioned by the West Australian Professional Combat Sports Commission.

Fight Card

Thunderdome 52 – Results

Bout	Weight class	Fighter 1	Record	VS	Fighter 2	Record	Method	Round/Sched	Time
1	Welterweight	Joel Lewis	7–1–0	VS	Yong Shuai Luan	5–4–1	—	6 / 6	—
2	Flyweight (ANBF Australasian title – vacant)	Holly McMath	6–4–0	VS	Sarah Higginson	4–7–1	—	6 × 2	—
3	Cruiserweight	Bilal Seidu	2–2–1	VS	Lewis Clarke	8–2–0	—	5 / 5	—
4	Super Middleweight	Binny Folan	7–0–0	VS	Sherwyn Watkins	6–3–1	—	5 × 2	—
5	Light Heavyweight	Alan Amin	debut	VS	Alex Muster	1–3–0	—	4 / 4	—
6	Super Welterweight	Tyrone Lacey	debut	VS	Mitchell Arnold	1–8–0	—	4 / 4	—
7	Heavyweight	Ryan Williams	2–3–0	VS	Michael Bazley	debut	—	4 / 4	—
8	Middleweight	Jaidyn Chin	2–3–0	VS	Rigor Angeles	2–0–1	—	4 / 4	—
9	Middleweight	Gareth Hilton	1–0–0	VS	F. Faturochman	2–7–1	—	4 / 4	—
10	Welterweight	Joel Hogan	0–1–0	VS	Tanaka Saburi	0–1–0	—	4 / 4	—
11	Light Heavyweight	Owen Corrigan	3–0–0	VS	Liang Wang	2–2–0	—	4 / 4	—
12	Super Featherweight	Sam Rennie	6–0–0	VS	Sunardi Gamboa	8–5–2	—	4 / 4	—

Thunderdome 51 took place on 29 August 2025 at Metro City, Northbridge, and featured ten professional bouts sanctioned by the West Australian Professional Combat Sports Commission.

Fight Card

Thunderdome 51 – Results

Bout	Weight class	Fighter 1	Wt (lb)	Record	Result / Method	Round/Sched	Time	Fighter 2	Wt (lb)	Record	Referee / Judges
1	Welterweight	Joel Lewis *	153¾	6–1–0	W – KO	6 / 6	2:57	Fano Kori	154¼	8–9–1	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick 50–43, R. Rosso 50–43, C. Zappia 49–44
2	Cruiserweight	Bilal Seidu *	194	2–1–1	L – SD	5 / 5	—	Lewis Clarke *	199½	7–2–0	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick 49–46, R. Rosso 47–48, C. Zappia 47–48
3	Super Bantamweight	Runqi Zhou	121¼	10–3–1	W – TKO	1 / 5	1:21	Asyer Aluman	121	4–6–1	Ref: Vince Pergoliti Judges: K. Kendrick, R. Rosso, C. Zappia
4	Super Featherweight	Sam Rennie *	129¼	4–0–0	W – TKO	3 / 5	1:56	George Lumoly	127¾	15–12–1	Ref: Vince Pergoliti Judges: K. Kendrick 20–17, R. Rosso 20–17, C. Zappia 20–17
5	Lightweight	Kazeem Soyoye	134½	8–2–0	W – TKO	3 / 4	1:29	Reynold Kundimang	134	9–6–3	Ref: Vince Pergoliti Judges: K. Kendrick 20–18, R. Rosso 19–19, C. Zappia 20–18
6	Middleweight	Gareth Hilton *	156¼	debut	W – UD	4 / 4	—	Bahtiyar Sonyol	158½	3–5–1	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick 40–36, R. Rosso 40–36, C. Zappia 39–37
7	Welterweight	Beejay Boonket	144¾	1–0–1	L – TKO	3 / 4	2:30	Devon Kelly	146¼	1–0–0	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick 19–19, R. Rosso 18–20, C. Zappia 18–20
8	Super Middleweight	Luke Dowsett	166½	0–1–0	W – UD	4 / 4 × 2	—	Mitchell Arnold *	166¼	1–7–0	Ref: Vince Pergoliti Judges: K. Kendrick 40–36, R. Rosso 40–36, C. Zappia 40–36
9	—	Ryan Daye	163¼	6–1–0	W – KO	2 / 4	1:37	F. Faturochman *	156½	2–6–1	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick 10–9, R. Rosso 10–9, C. Zappia 10–9
10	Heavyweight	Craig O’Sullivan	230½	debut	W – TKO	4 / 4 × 2	1:58	Ryan Stokoe	271¼	debut	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick 30–26, R. Rosso 30–26, C. Zappia 30–26

Thunderdome 50 took place on 30 May 2025 at Metro City in Perth, featuring regional title fights and a ten-bout card under the West Australian Professional Combat Sports Commission.

Fight Card

Thunderdome 50 – Results

Bout	Weight class	Fighter 1	Record	VS	Fighter 2	Record	Result / Method	Round / Scheduled	Time
1	Lightweight	Francis Chua	8–3–1	VS	Xiaotao Su	14–7–0	W – UD	8 / 8	—
2	Feather	Sam Rennie *	3–0–0	VS	Asyer Aluman	4–5–1	W – TKO	4 / 6	0:46
3	Cruiser	Billy Quinncroft	2–0–0	VS	Bilal Seidu *	2–0–1	W – UD	5 / 5	—
4	Super Welter	Joel Lewis *	5–1–0	VS	Hongjun Shi	6–5–1	W – TKO (ret.)	5 / 5	0:05
5	Light Heavy	Owen Corrigan *	2–0–0	VS	Alex Muster *	1–2–0	W – TKO	3 / 4	1:42
6	Light	Tara Enoka	1–2–0	VS	Harma Yesti	1–4–1	W – UD	4 / 4 × 2	—
7	Cruiser	Will Cleggett	0–1–0	VS	Cameron Moffat	1–1–0	W – UD	4 / 4	—
8	Super Welter	Jack Thompson	2–2–0	VS	Bahtiyar Sonyol	2–5–1	L – TKO (shoulder)	1 / 4	0:24
9	Middle	Rigor Angeles *	1–0–1	VS	Mitchell Arnold *	1–6–0	W – TKO (corner)	3 / 4	2:09
10	Welter	Habib Kheirkhah	2–7–0	VS	Beejay Boonket	1–0–0	Draw (MD)	4 / 4	—

Thunderdome 49 was held on 14 March 2025 at Metro City, Northbridge, Perth, featuring twelve professional bouts sanctioned by the West Australian Professional Combat Sports Commission.

Fight Card

Thunderdome 49 – Results

Bout	Weight class	Fighter 1	Weight (lb)	Record	Result / Method	Round / Scheduled	Time	Fighter 2	Weight (lb)	Record	Referee / Judges
1	Light Heavyweight	Rusty Oates	174½	1–0–0	L – SD	5 / 5 × 2	—	Binny Folan *	173¼	5–0–0	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick 47–48, R. Rosso 49–46, C. Zappia 47–48
2	Welterweight (WA State Title)	Josh Byrne	146½	2–0–0	W – UD	5 / 5	—	Habib Kheirkhah	145½	2–6–0	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick 50–45, R. Rosso 50–45, C. Zappia 50–45
3	Welterweight	Devon Kelly	142½	debut	W – SD	4 / 4	—	Tanaka Saburi *	141	debut	Ref: Vince Pergoliti Judges: K. Kendrick 38–37, R. Rosso 38–37, C. Zappia 37–38
4	Cruiserweight	Billy Quinncroft	192½	1–0–0	W – TKO	1 / 4	2:20	Alex Muster *	189¾	1–1–0	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick, R. Rosso, C. Zappia
5	Middleweight	Jack Briggs	160½	0–1–0	L – UD	4 / 4	—	Jaidyn Chin *	158½	1–3–0	Ref: Vince Pergoliti Judges: K. Kendrick 37–39, R. Rosso 36–40, C. Zappia 37–39
6	Light Heavyweight	Owen Corrigan *	173¾	1–0–0	W – UD	4 / 4	—	Liang Wang *	173¾	2–1–0	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick 39–37, R. Rosso 39–37, C. Zappia 39–37
7	Middleweight	Rigor Angeles *	159¾	0–0–1	W – UD	4 / 4	—	Mitchell Arnold *	160	1–4–0	Ref: Jeremy Allan Judges: K. Kendrick 40–36, R. Rosso 40–36, C. Zappia 40–36
8	Super Welterweight	Ryan Daye	154½	5–0–0	W – TKO	2 / 4	0:33	Rivo Kundimang	150	9–9–2	Ref: Vince Pergoliti Judges: K. Kendrick 10–9, R. Rosso 10–9, C. Zappia 10–9
9	Super Featherweight	Sam Rennie *	129¼	2–0–0	W – TKO	3 / 4	1:26	Dedy Imprax	127	2–3–0	Ref: Jeremy Allan Judges: K. Kendrick 20–18, R. Rosso 20–18, C. Zappia 20–18
10	Cruiserweight	Bilal Seidu *	198	1–0–1	W – MD	4 / 4	—	Will Cleggett	193½	debut	Ref: Jeremy Allan Judges: K. Kendrick 40–36, R. Rosso 38–38, C. Zappia 40–36
11	Cruiserweight	Darran Quinncroft	193½	debut	L – TKO	2 / 4	2:03	Gabriel Ichkhanian	198¼	debut	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick 10–9, R. Rosso 9–10, C. Zappia 9–10
12	Featherweight	Charlie Burca	124½	debut	W – UD	4 / 4	—	Shomeek Saha	123¼	debut	Ref: Vince Pergoliti Judges: K. Kendrick 40–36, R. Rosso 40–36, C. Zappia 39–37

Thunderdome 48 took place on 29 November 2024 at Metro City, Northbridge, Western Australia, under the sanction of the West Australian Professional Combat Sports Commission. The card featured ten professional bouts promoted by Tony Tolj of Dragon Fire Boxing.

Fight Card

Thunderdome 48 – Results

Bout	Weight class	Fighter 1	Weight (lb)	Record	Result / Method	Round / Scheduled	Time	Fighter 2	Weight (lb)	Record	Referee / Judges
1	Middleweight	Jude Grant	157	7–0–0	W – UD	8 / 8	—	Fano Kori	156¾	8–8–1	Ref: Gary Ingraham Judges: A. Hind 77–73, R. Rosso 77–73, C. Zappia 76–74 Note: Kori deducted 1 point in round 6; Grant deducted 1 point in round 7.*
2	Super Welterweight	Jack Thompson	152½	2–1–0	L – UD	4 / 4	—	Adam Milnes	152¼	1–2–0	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: A. Hind 37–38, R. Rosso 37–38, C. Zappia 37–38
3	Cruiserweight	Cameron Moffat	197	1–0–0	L – KO	1 / 4	1:40	Bilal Seidu *	196¾	0–0–1	Ref: Gary Ingraham Judges: K. Kendrick, R. Rosso, C. Zappia
4	Cruiserweight	Billy Quinncroft	194½	debut	W – UD	4 / 4	—	Aaron Treacy	195	debut	Ref: Gary Ingraham Judges: K. Kendrick 40–36, R. Rosso 40–36, C. Zappia 40–36
5	Middleweight	Bahtiyar Sonyol	158½	2–5–0	D – MD	4 / 4	—	Rigor Angeles *	157¾	debut	Ref: Gary Ingraham Judges: A. Hind 37–39, R. Rosso 38–38, C. Zappia 38–38
6	Welterweight	Beejay Boonket	146¼	debut	W – SD	4 / 4	—	Jastas Kasiano	145¾	debut	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: K. Kendrick 38–37, R. Rosso 38–37, C. Zappia 37–38
7	Super Welterweight	Chijemezu Omenihu	153	debut	W – TKO	3 / 4	2:42	Rivo Kundimang	149¼	9–8–2	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: A. Hind 20–17, R. Rosso 20–17, C. Zappia 20–17
8	Featherweight	Sam Rennie *	124½	1–0–0	W – UD	4 / 4	—	Dedi Elite	124	3–2–0	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: A. Hind 40–36, K. Kendrick 40–36, R. Rosso 40–36
9	Light Heavyweight	Owen Corrigan *	173	debut	W – KO	2 / 4	2:13	King Fahd	170¾	3–2–1	Ref: Bill Seth Judges: A. Hind 10–8, K. Kendrick 10–8, R. Rosso 10–8
10	Middleweight	Mitchell Arnold *	157¾	0–4–0	W – TKO	3 / 4	2:48	Emani Montgomery	157¼	debut	Ref: Gary Ingraham Judges: A. Hind 19–19, K. Kendrick 18–20, R. Rosso 19–19

Venues and broadcast

Most Dragon Fire/Thunderdome events are held at Metro City, Northbridge, with BoxRec and local listings reflecting regular cards at the venue. Recent editions have been streamed internationally via the TrillerTV platform.

See also

• Boxing in Australia

External links

• Official website
• Dragon Fire (promotion) at Tapology
• BoxRec promoter profile: Tony Tolj

References

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