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WHEN he signed with the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League (NBL) on Wednesday, Kai Sotto joined not just any other ballclub. The 36ers have a long and rich tradition in Australian basketball.
The 36ers were founded in 1982 when they were still known as the Adelaide City Eagles before switching to their current moniker in honor of the Adelaide settlement in 1836.
Here are 10 things you may not know about Sotto’s new ballclub.
1. The 36ers are one of the top teams in the history of the NBL, having won four championships. Its most recent championship came in 2002 when they won over Victoria, with Brett Maher capturing the Grand Final MVP. Adelaide also won in 1986 before becoming the second club to take back-to-back crowns in 1998 and 1999. Only the Perth Wildcats (10) and the Melbourne United (5) have won more championships than the 36ers.
Australia s greatest ever boxer Jeff Fenech owes his career in large part to a former policeman who took him off the streets and gave him direction - and now he s repaying the favour.
Brock Jarvis, whose uncle is former rugby league star Pat, is widely regarded as Australia s most promising young boxer - and has the backing of Fenech to be the country s next world champion.
Fenech s lifelong association with the Jarvis family has seen the world class trainer, who coached twice coached former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, take on a role surpassing that with his 23-year-old protege.
Following the wedding of Fenech s son, Brock and his daughter Kayla, 25, revealed their relationship to the fighting legend.
Tszyu v Hogan: Who is next on Tim Tszyuâs hit list
Boxing by Nick Walshaw
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Subscriber only It would be his only win, however. On a night where lawyers were called to decide what Irishman Hogan would wear into his Steel City Showdown with Tim Tszyu - ending a sponsorship debate that had raged for three days - the outcome proved far less contentious. With a green towel, in the fifth, thrown out by Hogan s corner to end it. All of which takes us to the question that really matters: What next for the new face of Australian boxing?