Magan Maka
Personal information
Born29 December 1993[1]
Auckland, New Zealand[1]
Sport
Country New Zealand /  Tonga
SportBoxing

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Magan Maka". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Magan is aiming to strike gold at worlds". New Zealand Herald. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Felicity Reid (16 July 2010). "Maka pulls no punches". Stuff. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Seven NZ boxers named for Commonwealth Games". RNZ. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Sport: Female boxer to bear Tonga flag". RNZ. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. ^ Josh Reich (27 March 2018). "Video: Tonga's flag-bearer ready for family affair at Commonwealth Games: 'I'll hold the flag with pride for my country'". 1News. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Results - Women's 69kg Quarterfinal 1". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2022.


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