Justis Huni

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Justis Huni
Born (1999-04-04) 4 April 1999 (age 26)
Other namesJPH, The Blind Magician
Statistics
Weight(s) Heavyweight
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights13
Wins12
Wins by KO7
Losses1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Yekaterinburg Super-heavyweight
Youth World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Saint Petersburg Super-heavyweight

Justis Huni (born 4 April 1999) is an Australian professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBA interim heavyweight title in June 2025. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the Australian title from 2020 to 2021. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships. [1]

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Early life

Huni was born on 4 April 1999 in Meadowbrook, [2] a suburb of Logan City, in the metropolitan area of Brisbane, Queensland. [3] He is of Tongan, Swedish, Samoan and Dutch descent. [4] His first sporting love was rugby league where he began playing for the Souths Sunnybank Magpies as a child but gave away the sport at the age of eight to pursue a career in boxing. [5]

Amateur career

World Championships result

Yekaterinburg 2019

Professional career

Early career

On 22 October 2020, Huni made his professional debut against Australian heavyweight champion, Faiga Opelu. Huni dominated throughout the bout and in the seventh round, he secured victory after his opponent's corner threw in the towel to protect Opelu from further damage. [6]

On 3 December 2020, Huni fought for the second time as a professional against Arsene Fosso. After controlling the opening three rounds, referee Phil Austin called a halt to the fight in the fourth round after Fosso took a number of heavy blows from Huni. [7] [8]

Huni had three more professional fights in the first half of 2021, knocking out Jack Maris on 10 April and defeating Christian Tsoye by unanimous decision on 26 May to retain his Australian heavyweight title. His most publicised fight took place on 16 June, when Huni entered the ring against ex-rugby league player, turned professional boxer, Paul Gallen. In what was a bruising encounter, Huni controlled the fight and overcame his 39-year-old opponent in the 10th round after knocking him to the ground. The referee declared the fight over with Huni improving his record to 5–0 while handing Gallen his first defeat. [9]

Huni was set to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the super-heavyweight division but was ruled out due to injury. [10]

On October 28, 2023 in Cancun, Mexico, Huni was scheduled to face Andrew Tabiti for the WBA International heavyweight title. [11] Huni won the fight by unanimous decision. [12]

On March 8, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Huni defeated Kevin Lerena by unanimous decision. [13]

Filling in for Jarrell Miller, who pulled out of the bout on April 30, Huni faced Fabio Wardley on June 7, 2025, at Portman Road in Ipswich, England for the vacant WBA interim heavyweight title. Huni outboxed Wardley for nine rounds and was well ahead on the scorecards before he was suddenly knocked out in the tenth round. It was the first loss of Huni's career. [14]

Professional boxing record

13 fights12 wins1 loss
By knockout71
By decision50
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
13Loss12–1 Fabio Wardley KO10 (12), 1:427 Jun 2025 Portman Road, Ipswich, EnglandFor vacant WBA interim heavyweight title
12Win12–0Shaun PotgieterTKO2 (10), 0:338 Jan 2025Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast, AustraliaRetained WBO Global heavyweight title;
Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific heavyweight title
11Win11–0Leandro Daniel RobuttiTKO2 (8), 2:0211 Dec 2024Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, Australia
10Win10–0Troy PilcherTKO2 (10), 2:2625 July 2024Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, AustraliaRetained WBO Global heavyweight title
9Win9–0 Kevin Lerena UD10 8 Mar 2024 Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaWon vacant WBO Global heavyweight title
8Win8–0 Andrew Tabiti UD1028 Oct 2023 Polifórum Benito Juárez, Cancun, MexicoWon vacant WBA International heavyweight title
7Win7–0Kiki Toa LeuteleUD104 Nov 2022Nissan Arena, Brisbane, AustraliaRetained IBF Pan Pacific, WBO Oriental, and OPBF heavyweight titles
6Win6–0 Joseph Goodall UD1015 Jun 2022 Nissan Arena, Brisbane, AustraliaWon vacant IBF Pan Pacific, WBO Oriental, and OPBF heavyweight titles
5Win5–0 Paul Gallen TKO10 (10), 1:1816 Jun 2021ICC Exhibition Centre, Sydney, AustraliaRetained Australian heavyweight title
4Win4–0Christian Ndzie TsoyeUD1026 May 2021 ICC Exhibition Centre, Sydney, AustraliaRetained Australian heavyweight title
3Win3–0Jack MarisTKO1 (6), 2:5010 Apr 2021 Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast, Australia
2Win2–0Arsene FossoTKO4 (10), 1:073 Dec 2020Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, AustraliaRetained Australian heavyweight title
1Win1–0Faiga OpeluTKO7 (10), 1:2122 Oct 2020Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, AustraliaWon Australian heavyweight title

References

  1. "World Amateur Championship: Gold Medal Round Results". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. "Justis Huni". Proboxing. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. Peter Badel (22 October 2020). "Justis Huni wins Australian heavyweight title in professional debut as Jai Opetaia wins 20th fight in a row". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. Grantlee Kieza (6 December 2016). "Sweet as Huni as Justis takes world title". Courier Mail. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. Phil Lutton (21 September 2020). "Heavyweight Huni in deep end with pro debut". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  6. "Remember the name: 21yo Aussie giant makes boxing history with epic belt win on debut". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  7. "Justis Huni battered Arsene Fosso in Brisbane". theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. "Justis Huni eyes Olympic gold and a world heavyweight title after impressive win over Arsene Fosso". abc.net.au. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  9. "'Unnecessary punishment': Ref slammed over stoppage as Gal urged to take his $1.5m and run". Fox Sports. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  10. Lutton, Phil (21 September 2020). "Heavyweight Huni in deep end with pro debut". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  11. Iskenderov, Parviz (27 October 2023). "Justis Huni: I have the goods to go all the way & get the win against Andrew Tabiti". FIGHTMAG.
  12. "Justis Huni Outpoints Andrew Tabiti Over Ten Rounds on Foster-Hernandez Undercard In Cancun". www.boxingscene.com. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  13. Iskenderov, Parviz (8 March 2024). "Justis Huni on top with decision against Kevin Lerena". FIGHTMAG.
  14. Taylor, Declan (7 June 2025). "Fabio Wardley saves homecoming with spectacular come-from-behind 10th-round KO to beat Justis Huni". The Ring.
Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Preceded by
Faiga Opelu
Australian heavyweight champion
22 October 2020 – present
Incumbent