David Higgins

Higgins attended Selwyn College and graduated in 1998. He grew up in poverty and did not meet his father until later in life. After graduating he enrolled into University of Auckland in Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in marketing and international business. He graduated from the University in 2002. Higgins got into events after finding a job on Student Job Search working with the Employers and Manufacturers Association, working in marketing for their events, which would lead into him running their events. Higgins quickly decided that he did not like corporate life and instead started his own event business in 2004, Duco Events.

Joseph Parker Professional Debut, International title fights

In 2012, Joseph Parker made his Professional boxing debut against Dean Garmonsway on a Duco Events promoted boxing event, Shane Cameron vs Monte Barrett. After the event, Higgins signed a six-year management deal with parker. In 2013, Higgins promoted two boxing events with Joseph Parker as the main event. First event with Parker knocking out Frans Botha. After the win, Higgins offered Shane Cameron, for the New Zealand Title. However Cameron turned the fight down as he wanted guaranteed money instead of winner takes all. Instead, Parker took on Afa Tatupu for the NZNBF New Zealand heavyweight title. A few days before the fight, Higgins offered a million dollar fight to Sonny Bill Williams to fight the winner of Tatupu and Parker. Williams management team was not interests. Parker won the bout against Tatupu by TKO, however causing a cut, keeping Parker out of action till the following year. In 2014, Higgins promoted four boxing events with three in New Zealand and one in USA. First event with Brian Minto fighting Parker. At this time David Higgins started receiving criticism from Lance Revill for ending the career of Shane Cameron and pushing Parkers career too fast. Parker won against Minto by TKO. Minto made the excuse that he received a broken nose during training camp and wasn't emotional in the fight with his father on his death bed. Higgins continued promoting events with Parker fighting in USA against Keith Thompson in August, Sherman Williams in New Zealand in October and Irineu Beato Costa Junior in December. In 2015, Higgins signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Burger King for Joseph Parker Road to Title quest. Higgins went on to promote five boxing events with Parker defeating Jason Pettaway, Yakup Saglam, Kali Meehan, Bowie Tupou, and Daniel Martz. At the Pettaway fight, Brian Minto complained that he was barred from attending the event against Parker. Minto was in New Zealand for his own fight he was competing in, in an eight-man cruiserweight fight. In August 2015, Kali Meehan agreed to fight Parker. This fight at the time was considered to be the next New Zealander vs New Zealander Mega boxing event similar to Tua vs Cameron. Not only did Parker won the fight, he ended the career of Kali Meehan and hold the record of most titles being competed for in a single boxing bout in New Zealand with six regional titles. In 2016, Higgins promoted five events with Parker, one in Samoa against Jason Bergman which is considered the biggest boxing event in Samoa history, mandatory world title challenge spot against Carlos Takam, Solomon Haumono, Alexander Dimitrenko and a World title fight against Andy Ruiz.

Higgins is married to Aria, and they have two children together.