Tuna Williard Scanlan (12 July 1934 – 21 October 2014) was a Samoan-born New Zealand professional

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boxer of the 1950s and 1960s. Scanlan was born in

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. 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 , i.e. middleweight, to , i.e.

. In 2014, Scanlan died in Ranfurly Hospital and Veterans Home,

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, and was buried in

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* 1934 births 2014 deaths Burials at Waikumete Cemetery Light-heavyweight boxers Middleweight boxers New Zealand professional boxing champions People from Tuamasaga Samoan male boxers New Zealand male boxers Samoan emigrants to New Zealand Sportspeople from Apia {{NewZealand-boxing-bio-stub