Stopping American Tommy Karpency in the third round of their headline fight in Auckland took Nyika to 10 professional wins - nine by stoppage.

Now, Nyika is keen to hit the surgeon for some remedial work on his ears.

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16 Sep: Former Tall Black Kirk Penney is praising his teammates as part of his FIBA Hall of Fame speech in Singapore

15 Sep: Breakers import Freddie Gillespie will miss the side's opening game of the new NBL basketball season after lodging an early guilty plea for head-butting an opponent

14 Sep: To NBL preseason basketball..

12 Sep: The Breakers have suffered successive losses at NBL basketball's pre-season blitz on the Gold Coast

21 Aug: NZ Breakers won't be able to go ham this Xmas, with NBL announcing Kiwi team will be part of Christmas Day double-header

20 Aug: The Tall Ferns have fallen 88-64 to Montenegro in their opening game of the FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers in Mexico

11 Aug: The United States' Dream Team has beaten France 98-87 to win the men's basketball gold medal in Paris

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