Maselino Masoe | |
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Born | Maselino Francis Masoe June 6, 1966 Apia, Western Samoa |
Residence | Auckland, New Zealand |
Nationality | American Samoan New Zealander |
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 75.5 kg (166 lb; 11 st 12 lb) |
Division | Middleweight |
Reach | 173 cm (68.1 in) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 36 |
Wins | 30 |
By knockout | 28 |
Losses | 6 |
By knockout | 4 |
Draws | 0 |
Other information | |
Boxing record from BoxRec |
Maselino Francis Masoe Fao (born June 6, 1966 in Apia, Western Samoa) is a retired Samoan boxer who represented American Samoa at three Olympics starting with the 1988 Summer Olympics. As a professional, Masoe made history becoming the first Samoan boxer to win a major world title, defeating Kenyan born Evans Ashira on May 1, 2004 for the regular WBA world middleweight crown via second round Technical Knockout. [1] He is the brother of rugby player Chris Masoe. Another brother, Mika, also represented American Samoa in boxing at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics.
Represented American Samoa as a Welterweight at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games at Seoul. His results were:
Competed as a Light Middleweight for American Samoa in the 1992 Summer Olympic Games at Barcelona. Results were:
Competed as a Light Middleweight for American Samoa in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games at Atlanta. Results were:
Flag bearer for American Samoa in the 1988 and 1996 opening ceremonies. [2]
Masoe moved to New Zealand where he began his pro career in 1997 and captured the Vacant WBA Middleweight Title by upsetting undefeated Evans Ashira in 2004. He lost the title to Felix Sturm in 2006.
36 fights | 30 wins | 6 losses |
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By knockout | 28 | 4 |
By decision | 2 | 2 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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36 | Win | 30–6 | ![]() | TKO | 4 (8), 2:48 | 19 Mar 2011 | ![]() | |
35 | Loss | 29–6 | ![]() | KO | 11 (12), 2:07 | 25 Apr 2009 | ![]() | For WBO super middleweight title |
34 | Win | 29–5 | ![]() | SD | 12 | 8 Nov 2008 | ![]() | Won vacant WBO Asia-Pacific super middleweight title |
33 | Win | 28–5 | ![]() | TKO | 7 (12), 1:01 | 28 Jun 2008 | ![]() | Won vacant NZNBF super middleweight title |
32 | Loss | 27–5 | ![]() | TKO | 4 (12), 2:59 | 23 Feb 2008 | ![]() | For vacant WBF super middleweight title |
31 | Win | 27–4 | ![]() | KO | 4 (8), 0:41 | 29 Jun 2007 | ![]() | |
30 | Loss | 26–4 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 8 Jul 2006 | ![]() | |
29 | Loss | 26–3 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 11 Mar 2006 | ![]() | Lost WBA (Regular) middleweight title |
28 | Win | 26–2 | ![]() | TKO | 2 (12), 0:44 | 1 May 2004 | ![]() | Won vacant WBA (Regular) middleweight title |
27 | Win | 25–2 | ![]() | KO | 5 (12) | 13 Sep 2003 | ![]() | Retained PABA middleweight title |
26 | Win | 24–2 | ![]() | KO | 5 (12) | 13 Apr 2003 | ![]() | Retained PABA middleweight title |
25 | Win | 23–2 | ![]() | KO | 3 (8) | 14 Dec 2002 | ![]() | |
24 | Win | 22–2 | ![]() | KO | 2 (12) | 1 Sep 2002 | ![]() | Retained PABA middleweight title |
23 | Win | 21–2 | ![]() | KO | 2 (12) | 9 May 2002 | ![]() | Retained PABA middleweight title |
22 | Win | 20–2 | ![]() | KO | 2 (12) | 24 Feb 2002 | ![]() | Retained PABA middleweight title |
21 | Win | 19–2 | ![]() | TKO | 6 (12) | 2 Dec 2001 | ![]() | Won vacant PABA middleweight title |
20 | Loss | 18–2 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (12), 2:47 | 10 Dec 2000 | ![]() | For vacant NABF middleweight title |
19 | Win | 18–1 | ![]() | TKO | 2 (10) | 21 Oct 2000 | ![]() | |
18 | Win | 17–1 | ![]() | KO | 6 (10) | 17 Sep 2000 | ![]() | |
17 | Win | 16–1 | ![]() | KO | 3 (8), 2:45 | 21 Jul 2000 | ![]() | |
16 | Win | 15–1 | ![]() | TKO | 2 (8), 2:27 | 3 Jun 2000 | ![]() | |
15 | Loss | 14–1 | ![]() | TKO | 5 (10), 3:00 | 5 Mar 2000 | ![]() | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() | TKO | 4 (10) | 12 Dec 1999 | ![]() | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (4) | 20 Nov 1999 | ![]() | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() | KO | 1 (12) | 28 May 1999 | ![]() | Retained OBA middleweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() | KO | 3 (12) | 6 Mar 1999 | ![]() | Retained IBF Pan-Pacific super middleweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() | PTS | 12 | 7 Nov 1998 | ![]() | Won vacant IBF Pan-Pacific super middleweight title |
9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() | KO | 2 (10) | 4 Sep 1998 | ![]() | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() | TKO | 4 (10) | 18 Jul 1998 | ![]() | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() | TKO | 8 (10) | 21 Feb 1998 | ![]() | Won vacant OBA middleweight title |
6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() | TKO | 5 (10) | 30 Nov 1997 | ![]() | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() | TKO | 4 (10) | 19 Oct 1997 | ![]() | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() | KO | 2 (8) | 8 Aug 1997 | ![]() | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() | KO | 3 (8) | 25 May 1997 | ![]() | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() | TKO | 2 (8) | 11 May 1997 | ![]() | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() | KO | 1 (6) | 30 Mar 1997 | ![]() |
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