Magan Maka Explained

Birth Date:	29 December 1993
Birth Place:	Auckland, New Zealand^[1]
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Sport:	Boxing

Magan Maka (born 29 December 1993) is a Tongan New Zealander boxer who has represented both New Zealand and Tonga at the Commonwealth Games.

Maka was born in Auckland, New Zealand,^[1] and educated at Rodney College in Wellsford.^[2] She began boxing at the age of 11, training against boys as there were no girls to train with.^[3] At the age of 16 she competed in the 2010 Oceania Boxing Championships and the 2010 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Barbados.^[3] She then contested the 2011 world championships in Turkey.^[2]

In May 2014 she was selected for the New Zealand team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.^[4]

In 2018 she was selected as flagbearer for the Tongan team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^{[5] [6]} She lost to Wales' Rosie Eccles in the quarterfinals.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Magan Maka . Glasgow 2014. 2 August 2022.
2. Web site: Magan is aiming to strike gold at worlds . New Zealand Herald . 30 March 2011 . 2 August 2022.
3. Web site: Maka pulls no punches . Felicity Reid . Stuff . 16 July 2010 . 2 August 2022.
4. Web site: Seven NZ boxers named for Commonwealth Games . RNZ . 29 May 2014 . 2 August 2022.
5. Web site: Sport: Female boxer to bear Tonga flag . RNZ . 4 April 2018 . 2 August 2022.
6. Web site: Video: Tonga's flag-bearer ready for family affair at Commonwealth Games: 'I'll hold the flag with pride for my country' . 1News . Josh Reich . 27 March 2018 . 2 August 2022.
7. Web site: Results - Women's 69kg Quarterfinal 1 . Gold Coast 2018 . 2 August 2022.