Teremoana Samson "Tower of Terror" Junior Leon Teremoana

Kiwi_in_America · Mar 19, 2025

The day of the giants

Is not yet over

Badbot · Mar 19, 2025

I watched a fair bit of the 2024 Olympics and he was one of the few who immediately caught my eye.

dmt · Mar 19, 2025

Badbot said: ↑

I watched a fair bit of the 2024 Olympics and he was one of the few who immediately caught my eye.
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Only issue is when he said that he doesn’t love boxing but loves representing his country and family. If you want to be elite, you sort of have to love the sport. Hopefully he develops a love of the sport soon.

MidniteProwler · Mar 19, 2025

I will be seeing him live this weekend I am very disappointed with the opponent they have selected he is terrible and will be lucky to last 1 minute with Teremoana. There were better local opponents they could've picked I would have liked to seen him fight my man Jackson Murray.

Reinhardt · Mar 19, 2025

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If you've been living under a rock and not heard the growing buzz about the hulking Cook Islander Māori-Aussie during the Paris Olympics, here's your primer!

Standing at six foot six, he boasts a preposterous 75% rate of stoppage in the amateurs. That is bananas, first of all. He is also 3-1 (really 4-1 but one victory was a "Walkover" - aka forfeiture before the bell even rang) versus the well regarded Brazilian two-time Olympic representative Abner Teixeira da Silva Júnior - with the loss and one victory coming by split decision, and the other two coming by forms of stoppage (one a KO and one a corner retirement).

He did lose h2h to fellow undefeated HW prospect and countryman Justis Pieter "JPH" Huni - but they were both teenagers when they fought. A showdown now that both have their man-strength could be inevitable, and could give Australia its first serious world contender in the unlimited class in living memory. IMO the bar set by the recent likes of Lucas Browne or Alex Leapai could easily be cleared by Huni and Teremoana.

He debuted in 2020 and interrupted his career about two years ago to focus on preparations for the Olympics. Now he'll be making up for lost time.

Here both of his performances in Paris, courtesy of yours truly:

Teremoana vs. Dmytro Pavlovich Lovchinskyi, Paris Olympics 92+kg Round of 16:

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Teremoana vs. Bakhodir Isomiddin Ugli Jalolov, Paris Olympics 92+kg Quarterfinals:

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And here is his entire pro career so far, save the last bout in September of 2022 (can't find an upload anywhere; don't think it was even televised)

Pro debut vs. Drew Jackson:

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Sophomore outing vs. Daniel Joyce:

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Third bout vs. Hunter Sam:

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Seems a nice guy in all of his interviews, too. Big goofball, loves Taco Tuesday.
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Thanks for the video, I liked his jab , straight punching and his hand speed wasn't bad for a guy his size. He seems to have the tools to make a run in the division if his dedication to being the best is there and that's something only time will tell. Thanks again, and I'll definitely keep an eye out for his fights or news on him.

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Kiwi_in_America The Tuaminator Full Member

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dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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