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Star Tauasi

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Star "The Rock of Niue" Tauasi
Star "The Rock of Niue" Tauasi sparring Owen Parry

Star "The Rock of Niue" Tauasi (born ~1975)[1] is a Niuean boxer. He competed for Niue at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, and at the 2003 South Pacific Games in Suva, Fiji, winning a bronze.

Tauasi took up boxing after injuring his knee playing rugby league.[1]

Boxing

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  • 1999 - Auckland Amateur Super Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
  • 1999 – New Zealand Amateur Super Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
  • 2000 - NZ Rep. Bronze Medallist. Oceania Boxing Championships & Olympic Trials AIS, Canberra
  • 2001 - North Island, NZ, Golden Gloves Amateur Super Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
  • 2002 - Represented Niue at Manchester Commonwealth Games - Knocked out "Demolition" David Turner (Australia)[1] - Rnd 2, but lost by Majority Points Decision to eventual Gold Medal winner, David Dolan, from England.[2][3]
  • 2002 - Fought & stopped current NZ Amateur Super Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rnd 3
  • 2003 - Bronze Medallist - South Pacific Games, Suva, Fiji.[4]
  • 2003 - Lost Majority Points Decision to current Amateur Super Heavyweight Boxing, Australia, Justin Whitehead of Victoria
  • 2006 - Represented Niue at Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Lost by 1 point to Ghana, disputed but unsuccessful.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Rattue, Chris (29 July 2002). "Boxing: Delivering a punch for us all". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  2. ^ Stephen Bierley (31 July 2002). "Dolan cracks the great rock of Niue". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  3. ^ Graham Groom (2017). THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. p. 180.
  4. ^ "Boxing results: South Pacific Games - Suva, Fiji - June 28 - July 12 2003". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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