Reon Goodwillie and daughter Olivia. Photo credit: DAVID HALLETT/The Press

What a guy! Thanks to Chris Murray for sending me the link to this article about Reon Goodwillie from Christchurch, who tomorrow night is taking to the boxing ring to raise funds for Diabetes Youth Canterbury. At present he’s sitting just under the $8k mark with his fundraising effort, (at the time of publishing this he was at $7, 935) so if you have a couple of bucks going spare, go here to pledge ‘em.

Reon’s little girl Olivia has T1. She’s seven now and has had the condition since she was 15 months old.

For more info, you can see the Stuff article, here:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/3552146/Dad-fights-to-aid-daughters-b

All the very best, Reon! Please let us know how you get on. Olivia, I’m sure you’ll make an awesome cheerleader too.