Tuna Scanlan | |
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Born | Tuna Williard Scanlan 12 July 1934
Apia, Samoa |
Died | 21 October 2014 (aged 80)
Mount Roskill, New Zealand |
Nationality | Samoan/ New Zealander |
Other names | Tuna Frank |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | middle/ light heavyweight |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Reach | 70 in (178 cm) |
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 64 |
Wins | 42 ( KO 22) |
Losses | 20 (KO 8) |
Draws | 2 |
Tuna Williard Scanlan (12 July 1934 – 21 October 2014) [1] was a Samoan-born New Zealand professional middle/ light heavyweight boxer of the 1950s and 1960s.
Scanlan was born in Apia, Samoa. [2] He won the New Zealand Boxing Association middleweight title, and the British Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the Australasian middleweight title against Clive Stewart. His professional fighting weight varied from 70 kg (154 lb), i.e. middleweight, to 74 kg (164 lb), i.e. light heavyweight. [3]
In 2014, Scanlan died in Ranfurly Hospital and Veterans Home, Mount Roskill, and was buried in Waikumete Cemetery. [4]
Tuna Scanlan | |
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Born | Tuna Williard Scanlan 12 July 1934
Apia, Samoa |
Died | 21 October 2014 (aged 80)
Mount Roskill, New Zealand |
Nationality | Samoan/ New Zealander |
Other names | Tuna Frank |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | middle/ light heavyweight |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Reach | 70 in (178 cm) |
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 64 |
Wins | 42 ( KO 22) |
Losses | 20 (KO 8) |
Draws | 2 |
Tuna Williard Scanlan (12 July 1934 – 21 October 2014) [1] was a Samoan-born New Zealand professional middle/ light heavyweight boxer of the 1950s and 1960s.
Scanlan was born in Apia, Samoa. [2] He won the New Zealand Boxing Association middleweight title, and the British Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the Australasian middleweight title against Clive Stewart. His professional fighting weight varied from 70 kg (154 lb), i.e. middleweight, to 74 kg (164 lb), i.e. light heavyweight. [3]
In 2014, Scanlan died in Ranfurly Hospital and Veterans Home, Mount Roskill, and was buried in Waikumete Cemetery. [4]