Star "The Rock of Niue" Ohara Tauasi (born ~1975) is a Niuean boxer. He competed for Niue at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, and at the 2003 South Pacific Games in Suva, Fiji, winning a bronze.
Tauasi took up boxing after injuring his knee playing rugby league.
Boxing 1999 - Auckland Amateur Super Heavyweight Boxing Champion. 1999 – New Zealand Amateur Super Heavyweight Boxing Champion. 2000 - NZ Rep. Bronze Medallist. Oceania Boxing Championships & Olympic Trials AIS, Canberra 2001 - North Island, NZ, Golden Gloves Amateur Super Heavyweight Boxing Champion. 2002 - Represented Niue at Manchester Commonwealth Games - Knocked out "Demolition" David Turner (Australia) - Rnd 2, but lost by Majority Points Decision to eventual Gold Medal winner, David Dolan, from England. 2002 - Fought & stopped current NZ Amateur Super Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rnd 3 2003 - Bronze Medallist - South Pacific Games, Suva, Fiji. 2003 - Lost Majority Points Decision to current Amateur Super Heavyweight Boxing, Australia, Justin Whitehead of Victoria 2006 - Represented Niue at Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Lost by 1 point to Ghana, disputed but unsuccessful.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PoA1IhkPqo