A teenager found guilty of a cowardly one-punch attack in Australia has agreed to fight a professional boxer to raise money for his victim.
Caleb Maraku, 19, who has faced a furious backlash over the shocking video showing him assaulting a fellow teenager, will taken on light heavyweight boxer Kerry Foley.
His 30-year-old opponent has vowed to “teach him a lesson” and promised to make his life a “living hell” in the charity fight.A petition to deport the New Zealand-born Mr Maraku, who has been living in Australia for six years, has also garnered more than 25,000 signatures.
“He not only had cowardly punched a unsuspecting teen in an unprovoked attack but had also disregarded the fact that he was already suspended from Surfers Paradise when the attack took place,” it says.
“One punch CAN KILL. Is it really worth risking the law abiding citizens of Australia for this type of person.”“I hope you don’t then have sleepless nights over the following weeks as you constantly check on your child every hour to see that they are still breathing.”
She added: “I hope you don’t have to watch your child struggle each day with not being able to eat due to split teeth, head spins and horrific headaches weeks after being attacked.
“I hope you don’t have to watch a video of the person who has hit your child laughing as they leave court and experience that sickening feeling that they really don’t care nor have any remorse not only for all the pain and suffering they have caused to the person they have hit, but the domino effect that it has had on all their family and friends.”
Mr Foley said the fight is likely to take place in Brisbane as his opponent is banned from Surfers Paradise.