Dare to be great and fell shorter than short eeek 😅 Always sux to lose haven’t even slept properly still processing the hype lol 🤯😍✨ nonetheless I am proud of how I held myself over this past week and represented my Whanau, Hapū, Iwi and Country proud 🇳🇿 The build up, my walk out right to the last bell 🛎️ Uniquely Me and showed how cool it is to just be YOU 😜 hate it or love it I did that 🥳 #worldstage #worldclass #andstill @lanijack77 from @pipiwaibushburnouts
Respect to the GWOAT @claressashields she’s gone and done did it again showed up and showed out. You got me Champ easy mahi (light work) 😅 An honour to share that space with you 🙏 #keepbeinggreat ✨
Thank you to my corner you know the go Love you all @john.conway.9465@ant.rlg@epeha125 and my Dad sorry I didn’t punch more Gahh was abit of a stunned mullet star struck or maybe scared 😬 hei aha we live and we learn and from my past history I tend to comeback stronger for it 🫡 Also special mention to the guru himself @loloheimuli_@loloheimulijr_676@rodneyheimuli._
Thank you to my sponsors 🥰
@recoverwaiora@primemassagetherapynz@aucklandosteopathy@bbm_community1@north_drill@linkup_australia
Thank you to my whanau friends and all my fans around the world fuuuu ❤️🔥 #faamous
Thank you to my girls for holding it down week in week out and smashing the heck out of me to help prepare me for this fight @h.armonieee@macca_jean@meamotu@ink_mess@t.yraxx@sheillayama@ele______phant@karena_teruki_pasene@ink_mess@mayhem.kidd@leahrhind@meleiseafelix and everyone I missed sorry 😵💫
Thank you @vinsta.nz@the_combatcentre for being you and creating a safe space for all us wahine toa to thrive we breed em tough here in Aotearoa NZ 🫶
I look forward to spending the week with my whanau in Utah with our fave Kreutzcamps to refill my cup 🥰 may our heavenly father continue to bless us all and I I am excited to see what he has in stored for Lani Daniels next #godisgood #grateful #blessed #purpose #tukaha #whanau #kaupapadriven
When it comes to sport basketball has always been my first love 😍 #loveandbasketball 🏀
Cool to see our kids taking the court and having fun just like we use to in our Te Horo School days except we were in it to win 😅haha
Massive mihi to my bro @whitzrakich always leading from the back. Making sure our kids are all sorted taking care of all the finer details that never cross my mind until she’s sorted it all. That Aunty with all the jobs - Chur Aunty Whitz 👀 🙏😊
Thank you @kelvin369860 for your uber driver services we appreciate you always taking one for our kids 🚐❤️🔥
Cool catching up with Puerto Rico’s rising star Krystal Rosado. One of the slick young prospects coming through the MVP @mostvaluablepromotions stable.
At this rate I’m gonna have the coolest museum by the time I’m done with boxing 😂
Appreciate the time Champ. Thank you again @krys.rosado
🇵🇷 x 🇳🇿
Fight Week
Day 1
AM
Nothing crazy, just a quick session in Central Park to dust the cobwebs off after touching down in NYC.
From here we kicked back for a couple hours before the first set of media commitments later that arvo
#boxing #lanidaniels #msg #supermiddleweight #champ
Definitely a highlight from the double-header press conference in NYC a few weeks back @mostvaluablepromotions 🤩🔥
Got @platinummikeperry to autograph a cardboard plate ✍️🍽️🙌
But what made the moment even better was when he handed it back and said:
🗣️ “Eat ’em up.” 😤👊
From one fighter to another, those words hit different. Forever grateful for that moment 💭🔥
#fighter #eat #heart #foodforthought #inspired
Funny how life works out… a full 360 plot twist 🌪️ one I definitely did not see coming. The Lord really does work in mysterious ways and I’m grateful for it all — the highs, the lessons, and even the challenges along the way. #PreceptUponPrecept 🙏🏽 Learning as I go 🧽 becoming a stronger, kinder and better person for it 🫶
From a little mash-up interview over a Myzone bottle @ngatiwhatuaorakei to the real deal @thegarden NYC three years later 🗽🍾🎙️🤩 #RolePlay #LifeCoach
Big love to @daniellalsmith who was part of the promotional lead-up for our IBF World Title Championship with my sis @alrie_meleisea back in 2023 💫 It only made sense — she made history herself as the first woman to win an IBF World Title in 2010 🇩🇪✨
Now together, we made history again on April 17th, 2026 at MSG, NYC 🥊🌎
✨ First female IBF World Champion to coach a unified IBF, WBO & Ring Magazine World Champion from Pipiwai 😉
✨ First NZ female to become a 3x World Champion across 3 weight divisions — coached by a World Champion and both Wahine Toa Māori from Te Tai Tokerau #pipiwaikikaikohe ❤️🔥
(…correct me if I’m wrong 😅 I do get punched in the head for a living lol)
Next stop: Vietnam 🇻🇳✈️ April 23rd we head to the IBF Convention together 🤝🌏🪣✅
Grateful. Humbled. Still growing.
#andstill Lani from @pipiwaibushburnouts
Starstruck with the Triple Headliner 🤩✨
Taken just over 3 weeks ago at the press conference in NYC — now it’s officially Fight Week @mostvaluablepromotions@netflix 🥊🔥
@platinummikeperry@francisngannou@ginajcarano@natediaz209 Stars have aligned ✨✍️🤳🍽️💫
An unbelievable experience for a couple of bush kids from @pipiwaibushburnouts , there live in the flesh under the bright lights and backstage buzzing out like two kids down the valley at Mama Chops Shop iykyk @henaresonny 🤗😍🍭⚡️
#famous #celebrity #wow #mma #starstruck
Happy Mother’s Day Mum @akinihid 🌸💕
You’ve been my safe place, my biggest sponsor 🤑and the person who has always reminded me ‘it’s okay to be me’. Thank you for your unconditional love, your strength, your faithfulness, and for paying your tithing so your children are blessed🙏😅 Thank you for teaching me that it’s cool to be kind and to never change #superpower 🦸♀️✨
So grateful for every hug, every lesson, and every moment. Love you eternally 🤍
Thank you @worldboxingorg for a special delivery just in time for Mothers Day 💖📦💐
#mum #proud #whanau #blessed
