Monty Betham (born 27 September 1952 in Savai'i) was a

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n professional boxer who fought boxers such as Tony Mundine, and

Lance Revill Lance Revill (born 30 August 1953) is the former president of the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA), a New Zealand boxing promoter, referee, and a former New Zealand professional boxer. Revill compiled a professional record of ...

in a professional career beginning in 1973 until 1984. He is the father of former

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rugby league star

Monty Betham La’auli Montgomery Junior "Monty" Betham (born 12 March 1978) is a professional boxer, and former professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand international representative and , he played club football for the New Zealand Warriors in ...

. He is also the older brother of

Richard Betham Richard Betham is a Western Samoan former boxer who competed in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. He won bronze in the middleweight division after losing his semi-final bout to Philip McElwaine of Australia. In his first bout, Betha ...

, who won a bronze medal for Western Samoa in boxing at the

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. In July 1975 he won the Commonwealth middleweight boxing title, after defeating Carlos Marks. he retained the title in February 1976 after defeating Semi Bula. He lost the title to

Al Korovou Alipate "Al" Korovou (born circa 1947 in Nasaqalau Lakeba, Lau Islands) is a Fijian professional middle/super middleweight boxer of the 1970s who won the New South Wales (Australia) State middleweight title, Australian middleweight title, Aust ...

in March 1978.

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