Maselino Masoe

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Maselino Francis Masoe (born June 6, 1966 in Western Samoa) is a Samoan boxer, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

[edit] Amateur Highlights

Represented Samoa as a Welterweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. His results were:

  • Defeated Pedro Fria (Dominican Republic) RSC 1
  • Defeated Fidele Mohinga (Central African Republic) RSC 2
  • Lost to Kenneth Gould (United States) 0-5

Competed as a Light Middleweight for Samoa in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Results were:

  • Lost to Mohamed Salah Marmouri (Tunisia) 8-11

[edit] Pro career

Masoe began his pro career in 1997 and captured the Vacant WBA Middleweight Title by slightly upsetting undefeated Evans Ashira in 2004. He lost the title in his next fight, in 2006, to Felix Sturm.

Preceded by
William Joppy
Stripped		 WBA Middleweight Champion
22 Apr 1992–1 Oct 1993		 Succeeded by
Felix Sturm

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