Teremoana Teremoana

Teremoana Samson Junior Leon Teremoana (born 17 February 1998) is an Australian professional boxer.

Early life Teremoana was born in Campbelltown, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. His Australian mother has Scottish ancestry and his father is from the Cook Islands. He was raised in Brisbane, Queensland from a young age and graduated from Centenary State High School in 2015. Although his official first name is Teremoana, his father gave him the middle name Samson after the biblical figure and he would be known by his middle name until his 21st birthday, at which point he started using his official first name and committed to not cutting his hair in honour of his recently deceased grandfather, with whom he shared the namesake.

Teremoana grew up playing rugby league from the age of six for the West Centenary Panthers in the Brisbane Rugby League junior grades before being introduced to boxing by his father at 12 years of age when he signed up to participate at the Inala PCYC. Following high school graduation, Teremoana undertook a four-year plumbing apprenticeship and worked as a full-time plumber for two years before leaving the industry to focus solely on boxing at the age of 24. He has become known for performing the Pe'e ceremonial dance upon victory in the boxing ring in recognition of his family as well as his Cook Islander heritage.

Amateur career As a gold medallist at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands, he qualified to represent Australia in the super-heavyweight event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In his Olympic debut, he faced Ukraine's Dmytro Lovchynskyi, winning the bout via a first round knockout. In the quarter-finals, he faced Uzbek Bakhodir Jalolov, the reigning Olympic champion, losing the match 5–0. He would make his debut for the promotion on 14 December 2024 against Volodymyr Kutsk, with Teremoana winning the bout via a second round TKO.

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