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League's James Gavet has rugby's Liam Messam on the ropes with fight talk

Rugby's Liam Messam squares off against Samoan league star James Gavet for their 'Fight for Life' on Thursday in Tāmaki Makaurau. 

And Gavet already has Messam on the ropes with a hard-to-beat fight kaupapa.

"Giving back for a good cause, I know that plenty of young Poly youths, Pacific, Māori, they've been struggling and a lot of people don't like talking about that stuff," says Gavet.

"I think it's good for us to set an example and give back in our own certain ways."