Boe Lionel Warawara (born 26 January 1995) is a Vanuatan

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Boxing career

In 2014 and 2015 Warawara won the Vanuatu National Games in the 56 kg category. He finished in third place at the

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after he lost to Henry Umings in the semifinal. Warawara won the OCBC Oceania Confederation Boxing Championships against Jayden Hansen in the 56 kg class. In 2016 he represented Vanuatu in the men's bantamweight at the

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He lost by unanimous decision in his first bout to Russia's Vladimir Nikitin. In March 2017 Lionel Warawara began training at the https://www.warriorboxinggym.com in Brisbane, Australia under the tutelage of Aiba Star 2 coach Johnny Black. Qualification for the AIBA world championships 2017 were achieved, Later that year in December 2017 Lionel Warawara won a Gold medal at the pacific mini-game held in Vanuatu. In April 2018 Lionel Warawara and his Head coach Johnny Black were selected to represent Vanuatu for the

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held on the Gold Coast.

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* 1995 births Living people Vanuatuan male boxers Olympic boxers for Vanuatu Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Vanuatu Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Bantamweight boxers {{Vanuatu-boxing-bio-stub