21 Facts About Junior Fa

Uaine Fa Junior was born on 19 October 1989 and is a New Zealand former professional boxer.

Junior Fa was the flag bearer for Tonga on two occasions at the Commonwealth Games.

Junior Fa began with a points decision victory over New Zealand senior North Island champion, Isikeli Maama in the quarter-finals.

Junior Fa followed up with another win over Australian Steven Rudic before losing out to Daniel Beahan on points in the final to gain gold.

Junior Fa controlled an emphatic win over the host nations, Alexey Mukhin.

Junior Fa again had a chance to make it to the Olympics after having to win an Oceania gold medal to secure a position.

Junior Fa started off with a close win over New Zealand up and coming prospect and later rival, Joseph Parker.

Junior Fa continued his winning streak with a first-round technical knockout over Jubilee Arama in the semi-finals but lost the final against Johan Linde to settle for second place.

Junior Fa had a successful season and was ranked in the top 8 heavyweights for the series.

Junior Fa was based in Sheffield, England training alongside the likes of Anthony Joshua and Joe Joyce.

Junior Fa then fought American Samoan heavyweight Alapati A'asa on Joseph Parker's undercard against Alexander Dimitrenko.

Junior Fa beat down his opponent with left jab-right combinations time and again.

Junior Fa dropped Barr, in the second round and hammered him around the ring for most of the round.

Junior Fa then featured as one of six undefeated prospects making their SHOBOX debut, being matched with Pittsburgh's Fred Latham in an eight-round bout.

Junior Fa returned to the United States, fighting the former three-time amateur champion, Craig Lewis in Deadwood, South Dakota.

Junior Fa headlined live on Sky Sports at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre in Auckland, an event promoted by Shane Cameron and co-promoted by Lou DiBella.

Junior Fa won a unanimous points victory over Pascaul but gained criticism after failing to find combinations to back up some punishing one-off punches.

Junior Fa's main sparring partner Malik Scott was in the corner and persistently asked for more throughout the fight but Fa couldn't deliver.

In September 2019 Fa's father, Uaine Fa, died from cancer while Junior Fa was away Salt Lake City, Utah to go into camp for his fight against American Devin Vargas.

Uaine Fa last message for Junior Fa was "Just keep fighting".

Junior Fa was born in New Zealand his parents were born in Tonga.