Magan Maka

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Magan Maka
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Born29 December 1993 [1]
Auckland, New Zealand [1]
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CountryFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand / Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Sport Boxing

Magan Maka (born 29 December 1993) is a Tongan New Zealander boxer who has represented both New Zealand and Tonga at the Commonwealth Games.

Maka was born in Auckland, New Zealand, [1] and educated at Rodney College in Wellsford. [2] She began boxing at the age of 11, training against boys as there were no girls to train with. [3] At the age of 16 she competed in the 2010 Oceania Boxing Championships and the 2010 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Barbados. [3] She then contested the 2011 world championships in Turkey. [2]

In May 2014 she was selected for the New Zealand team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [4]

In 2018 she was selected as flagbearer for the Tongan team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [5] [6] She lost to Wales' Rosie Eccles in the quarterfinals. [7]

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