Justis Huni (JPH) pugile

Justis Huni (born 4 April 1999) is an Australian professional boxer who has held the Australian heavyweight title since 2020. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships.Huni was born on 4 April 1999 in Meadowbrook, a suburb of Logan City, in the metropolitan area of Brisbane, Queensland. He is of Tongan, Swedish, Samoan and Dutch descent. His first sporting love was rugby league where he began playing for the Souths Sunnybank Magpies as a child but gave away the sport at the age of eight to pursue a career in boxing.Yekaterinburg 2019On 22 October 2020, Huni made his professional debut against Australian heavyweight champion, Faiga Opelu. Huni dominated throughout the bout and in the seventh round, he secured victory after his opponent's corner threw in the towel to protect Opelu from further damage.On 3 December 2020, Huni fought for the second time as a professional against Arsene Fosso. After controlling the opening three rounds, referee Phil Austin called a halt to the fight in the fourth round after Fosso took a number of heavy blows from Huni.