Tuna Scanlan Explained

Tuna Scanlan
Realname:Tuna Williard Scanlan
Nickname:Tuna Frank
Weight:middle/light heavyweight
Reach:700NaN0
Nationality:Samoan/New Zealander
Birth Date:12 July 1934
Birth Place:Apia, Samoa
Death Date:21 October 2014 (aged 80)
Death Place:Mount Roskill, New Zealand
Style:Southpaw
Total:64
Wins:42 (KO 22)
Losses:20 (KO 8)
Draws:2

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 154lb, i.e. middleweight, to 164lb, i.e. light heavyweight.[3]

In 2014, Scanlan died in Ranfurly Hospital and Veterans Home, Mount Roskill, and was buried in Waikumete Cemetery.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tuna Williard SCANLAN . New Zealand Herald . 2 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Boxing: Former middleweight champ Scanlan dies . New Zealand Herald . 24 October 2014 . 2 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Tuna Scanlan. Boxrec. 31 December 2012. 1 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Tuna Scanlan passes . 28 October 2014 . Fightnews.com . 23 April 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051034/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/tuna-scanlan-passes-266329 . 4 March 2016 .