Tuna Williard Scanlan (12 July 1934 — 21 October 2014) born in Apia, was a Samoan/New Zealander professional middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1950s and '60s who won the New Zealand Boxing Association middleweight title, and British Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the Australasian middleweight title against Clive Stewart[1], his professional fighting weight varied from 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb), i.e. middleweight to 164 lb (74 kg; 11 st 10 lb), i.e.