Justis Huni | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 April 1999 Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | JPH | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Justis Huni (born 4 April 1999) is an Australian professional boxer. He has held the Australian heavyweight title since 2020. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships. [1]
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]
Yekaterinburg 2019
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 easily.
On March 8, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Huni defeated Kevin Lerena by unanimous decision. [12]
| 9 fights | 9 wins | 0 losses |
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| By knockout | 4 | 0 |
| By decision | 5 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Kevin Lerena | UD | 10 | 8 Mar 2024 | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Won vacant WBO Global heavyweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Andrew Tabiti | UD | 10 | 28 Oct 2023 | Poliforum Benito Juarez, Cancun, Mexico | Won vacant WBA International heavyweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Kiki Toa Leutele | UD | 10 | 4 Nov 2022 | Nissan Arena, Brisbane, Australia | Retained IBF Pan Pacific, WBO Oriental, and OPBF heavyweight titles |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Joseph Goodall | UD | 10 | 15 Jun 2022 | Nissan Arena, Brisbane, Australia | Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific, WBO Oriental, and OPBF heavyweight titles |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Paul Gallen | TKO | 10 (10), 1:18 | 16 Jun 2021 | ICC Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia | Retained Australian heavyweight title |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Christian Ndzie Tsoye | UD | 10 | 26 May 2021 | ICC Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia | Retained Australian heavyweight title |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Jack Maris | TKO | 1 (6), 2:50 | 10 Apr 2021 | Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast, Australia | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Arsene Fosso | TKO | 4 (10), 1:07 | 3 Dec 2020 | Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, Australia | Retained Australian heavyweight title |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Faiga Opelu | TKO | 7 (10), 1:21 | 22 Oct 2020 | Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, Australia | Won Australian heavyweight title |
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