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- ↑ "OCEANIA - AIBA". AIBA. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ↑ "Tauhiti Nena nommé président de la Fédération océanienne de boxe" (in French). TNTV News. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
