Tongan Boxers—And

Now Fijians

KITIONE LAVE put Tonga on the map for a lot of people in New Zealand last year when he demonstrated his boxing abilities in % series of victorious or drawn fights. He departed for Australia some time ago and easily won his first fight there in early April. Now, two other Tongans, still to prove themselves, have arrived in Auck land. They are John Halafihi and George Naufahu, light-weight and heavy-weight respectively.

Early April, Henry Bray—known

in Fiji as Camaibau —also arrived to try his luck in New Zealand against “almost any heavy-weight.”

Bray has done some fighting in Australia, Vancouver and Singa pore, and he was defeated in Suva last year by Rodrodo, home on leave from Army service in Malaya. Bray may be matched against Naufahu soon.

An unfortunate boxing fatality occurred at Apia during February.

Vaipou Ainu’u, a police constable, aged 35 years, married, with four children, was killed while sparring with Fosi Schmidt, W. Samoa heavy weight champion. Fosi was in train ing to meet the Fiji champion, Atunaisa Camaibau, at Savai’i, on February 23, but withdrew from the arranged bout following the accident, his place being taken by Motu, former heavy-weight champion.