Tuna Scanlan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tuna Scanlan

Samoa/New Zealand boxer

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1934

Place of Birth: Apia, Tuamasaga, Samoa

Date of Death: 21-Oct-2014

Profession: boxer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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 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.In 2014, Scanlan died in Ranfurly Hospital and Veterans Home, Mount Roskill, and was buried in Waikumete Cemetery.