Tuna Scanlan

Tuna Williard Scanlan born in Apia, was a Samoan/New Zealander professional middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1950s and "60s who won the New Zealand Boxing Association middleweight title, and British Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the Australasian middleweight title against Clive Stewart, his professional fighting weight varied from 154 lb, id est (that is) middleweight to 164 lb, id est (that is) light heavyweight, In 2014, he died in Ranfurly Hospital & Veterans Home, Mount Roskill, and is buried in Waikumete Cemetery.