Tuna Williard Scanlan (12 July 1934 – 21 October 2014) was a Samoan-born New Zealand professional
middle/
light heavyweight boxer of the 1950s and 1960s.
Scanlan was born in
Apia
Apia () is the capital and largest city of Samoa, as well as the nation's only city. It is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second-largest island. Apia falls within the political district (''itūmālō'') of Tuamasaga.
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Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...
. 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 , i.e.
middleweight, to , i.e.
light heavyweight.
In 2014, Scanlan died in Ranfurly Hospital and Veterans Home,
Mount Roskill
Mount Roskill is a suburban area in the city of Auckland, New Zealand. It is named for the volcanic peak Puketāpapa (commonly called "Mount Roskill" in English).
Description
The suburb, named after the Mount, is located seven kilometres to ...
, and was buried in
Waikumete Cemetery
Waikumete Cemetery, originally Waikomiti Cemetery, is New Zealand's largest cemetery. It occupies a site of 108 hectares in Glen Eden, Auckland, and also contains a crematorium in the south-west corner of the cemetery.
History
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References
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1934 births
2014 deaths
Burials at Waikumete Cemetery
Light-heavyweight boxers
Middleweight boxers
New Zealand professional boxing champions
People from Tuamasaga
Samoan male boxers
New Zealand male boxers
Samoan emigrants to New Zealand
Sportspeople from Apia
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