Tuna Scanlan

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Tuna Scanlan
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Real nameTuna Williard Scanlan
Nickname(s)Tuna Frank
Weight(s)middle/light heavyweight
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Reach70 in (178 cm)
NationalitySamoan/New Zealander
Born12 July 1934
Apia, Samoa
Died21 October 2014 (aged 80)
Mount Roskill, New Zealand
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights64
Wins42 (KO 22)
Losses20 (KO 8)
Draws2

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]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tuna Williard SCANLAN". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Boxing: Former middleweight champ Scanlan dies". New Zealand Herald. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Tuna Scanlan". Boxrec. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Tuna Scanlan passes". Fightnews.com. 28 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

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