Johnny Halafihi (born 25 August 1933) was a former Tongan-born New Zealand professional light heavy/

heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Male boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 2 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation an ...

boxer, active in the 1950s and 1960s. Halafihi won the New Zealand Boxing Association light heavyweight title, drew with

Mike Holt Mike Holt (15 September 1931 – 19 July 2008) born Antione Michael Holthausen in Pretoria was a South African professional middle/ light heavy/heavyweight boxer of the 1950s and '60s who won the South African middleweight title, and South A ...

for the vacant British Commonwealth light heavyweight title, and was a challenger for the British Commonwealth light heavyweight title against

Chic Calderwood Chic Calderwood (1 September 1937 – 12 November 1966) was a Scottish light-heavyweight boxer from Craigneuk in North Lanarkshire, Scotland who was active from 1957 to 1966. He was 6 ft. 3 in. tall and won many of his fights by knockouts. ...

. His professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

light heavyweight Light heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight (boxing), cruiserweight. The light heavyweight class has ...

to , i.e.

. He died in the United Kingdom. In December 2009 he was inducted into the Tonga National Sports Hall of Fame.

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1933 births Heavyweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers New Zealand professional boxing champions Tongan male boxers New Zealand male boxers Tongan emigrants to New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen Living people {{NewZealand-boxing-bio-stub