| Bowie Tupou | |
| Real Name: | Suliasi Tupou Ahio |
| Nickname: | Bo |
| Weight: | Heavyweight |
| Height: | 1.89m (06.2feet) |
| Reach: | 1.92m (06.3feet) |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Birth Date: | 1982 8, df=y |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Boxrec: | 348804 |
| Total: | 34 |
| Wins: | 28 |
| Ko: | 20 |
| Losses: | 6 |
Suliasi Tupou Ahio (born 3 August 1982), better known as Bowie Tupou, is an Australian professional boxer.
Tupou has peaked at 13th in the WBO rankings after winning the WBO African title against Hunter Sam in March 2015.[1] Tupou lost the title in August 2015 against Joseph Parker.[2]
Tupou moved to Mt Druitt at age of 11, then to Newtown, New South Wales when he got married. Before becoming a boxer, Bowie played professional rugby league football in Australia for the Penrith Panthers in the under 21s.[1] In 2001 Tupou was selected to tour New Zealand, which included a game against Southland under-21 in Queenstown.[1] His NRL career never happened due to being sucked into the booze culture and he fell into that trap like many youngsters can. Tupou wife was the first person to suggest boxing as a sport, to help get him back on track and install some discipline in his life.
He began his boxing career training with Johnny Lewis, Australia's most well-known boxing coach, having trained Jeff Fenech, Jeff Harding, Virgil Hill and Kostya Tszyu. After only one amateur bout, he knocked out his opponent in the first round. Tupou made his pro debut on 18 February 2006 in South Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, against Brian Fitzgerald. Tupou won the evenly fought battle by a majority decision. Six months later on a rematch with Fitzgerald, Tupou picked up the lightly regarded New South Wales Heavyweight title. At the end of 2006 he settled in Los Angeles where he started training with Justin Fortune at the Pound4Pound Gym.
In 2007 he signed with Gary Shaw and made his U.S. debut on 7 September. In April 2008 he signed with a new coach Jeff Mayweather. He has beaten his first club fighters in Cisse Salif and Ray Hayes. In 2009 he was KOd by club fighter Demetrice King but a 2011 KO of Manuel Quezada and a points win over Donnell Holmes have restored some credibility. Bowie now resides in Las Vegas, NV. In 2012 he was KOd by Malik Scott and Bryant Jennings.
When returning to Australia in 2013, Tupou started training with Jeff Fenech.[3] Since that return he had a three win streak with wins over Hunter Sam, Nick Guivas and Junior Maletino Iakopo. After the three wins Tupou received his first major world rankings, ranked 13th in WBO and winning the WBO African title. Five months after winning the title, Tupou suffered his fourth loss to Joseph Parker.[4]
In 2016, Tupou won his rematch against Hunter Sam after both boxers took the fight on a week's notice. Tupou won the fight by TKO. Tupou had his last regional title shot against the tallest boxer in the world, New Zealand American Julius Long.[5] Long won the Interim WBA title by Split Decision, his biggest win of his career. Tupou has not fought since.
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Win | 27–6 |  Roger Izonritei | KO | 1 (6) | 2 Feb 2019 |  | ||
| 32 | Loss | 26–6 | Randall Rayment | SD | 6 | 23 Nov 2018 | | ||
| 31 | Loss | 26–5 |  Julius Long | SD | 10 | 7 Oct 2016 | | ||
| 30 | Win | 26–4 | Hunter Sam | TKO | 5 (6), | 27 Feb 2016 | | ||
| 29 | Loss | 25–4 | Joseph Parker | KO | 1 (12), | 1 Aug 2015 | | ||
| 28 | Win | 25–3 | Hunter Sam | 10 | 27 Mar 2015 | | |||
| 27 | Win | 24–3 |  Nick Guivas | TKO | 6 (8), | 19 Mar 2014 | | ||
| 26 | Win | 23–3 | Junior Maletino Iakopo | UD | 6 | 20 Dec 2013 | | ||
| 25 | Lose | 22–3 | Bryant Jennings | TKO | 5 (12), | 8 Dec 2012 | | ||
| 24 | Loss | 22–2 | Malik Scott | TKO | 8 (8), | 8 Sep 2012 | | ||
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Donnell Holmes | UD | 10 | 17 Dec 2011 | | ||
| 22 | Win | 21–1 |  Manuel Quezada | KO | 7 (10), | 14 May 2011 | | ||
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Andrew Greeley | UD | 4 | 8 Apr 2011 | | ||
| 20 | Win | 19–1 |  Alexis Mejias | RTD | 2 (6), | 21 May 2010 | | ||
| 19 | Loss | 18–1 | Demetrice King | KO | 2 (8), | 1 Aug 2009 | | ||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Chris Koval | TKO | 3 (8), | 9 May 2009 | | ||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Marcus Rhode | TKO | 1 (10), | 28 Mar 2009 | | ||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 |  Cisse Salif | UD | 6 | 10 Jan 2009 | | ||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Otis Tisdale | TKO | 2 (10), | 7 Jun 2018 | | ||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Ramon Hayes | UD | 6 | 12 Apr 2008 | | ||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | John Clark | 4 (6), | 22 Feb 2008 | | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Jason Bergman | KO | 2 (6), | 30 Nov 2007 | | ||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Harvey Jolly | KO | 2 (6), | 5 Oct 2007 | | ||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | John Clark | TKO | 4 (6), | 7 Sep 2007 | | ||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Richard Tutaki | KO | 3 (6), | 10 Nov 2006 | | ||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Alex Mene | TKO | 2 (6), | 21 Oct 2006 | | ||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Brian Fitzgerald | 6 | 8 Sep 2006 | | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 |  Ramba Sithsianboh | TKO | 1 (6), | 4 Aug 2006 | | ||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Terry Tuteru | 1 (4), | 14 Jul 2006 | | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Vai Toevai | KO | 1 (6) | 9 Jun 2006 | | ||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | John Justice | KO | 1 (8), | 12 May 2006 | | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Corey Wainwright | 1 (6), | 24 Mar 2006 | | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Brian Fitzgerald | 6 | 18 Feb 2006 | |