Justis Huni


Justis Huni is an Australian professional boxer. He challenged for the WBA interim heavyweight title in June 2025. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the Australian title from 2020 to 2021. As an amateur, Huni won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships.

Early life

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.

Amateur career

World Championships result

Yekaterinburg 2019
  • First round: Defeated Cristian Salcedo 5–0
  • Second round: Defeated Nigel Paul RSC
  • Quarter-finals: Defeated Mahammad Abdullayev 5–0
  • Semi-finals: Defeated by Kamshybek Kunkabayev W/O

    Professional career

On 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.
Huni had three more professional fights in the first half of 2021, knocking out Jack Maris on 10 April and defeating Christian Tsoye by unanimous decision on 26 May to retain his Australian heavyweight title. His most publicised fight took place on 16 June, when Huni entered the ring against ex-rugby league player, turned professional boxer, Paul Gallen. In what was a bruising encounter, Huni controlled the fight and overcame his 39-year-old opponent in the 10th round after knocking him to the ground. The referee declared the fight over with Huni improving his record to 5–0 while handing Gallen his first defeat.
Huni was set to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the super-heavyweight division but was ruled out due to injury.
On 28 October 2023 in Cancún, Mexico, Huni faced Andrew Tabiti for the WBA International heavyweight title. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
On 8 March 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Huni defeated Kevin Lerena by unanimous decision.
Fighting at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, he recorded second round stoppage wins over Troy Pilcher on 25 July 2024 and Leandro Daniel Robutti on 11 December 2024.
On 8 January 2025, Huni scored another second round stoppage success, this time over Shaun Potgieter at the Convention and Exhibition Centre on the Gold Coast.
Brought in as a replacement for Jarrell Miller, who pulled out of the bout on 30 April, Huni faced Fabio Wardley for the vacant WBA interim heavyweight title at Portman Road in Ipswich, England, on 7 June 2025. He was ahead on the scorecards when he was knocked out in the 10th round. It was the first loss of Huni's career.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
13Loss12–1Fabio WardleyKO10, 1:427 Jun 2025Portman Road, Ipswich, EnglandFor vacant WBA interim heavyweight title
12Win12–0Shaun PotgieterTKO2, 0:338 Jan 2025Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast, AustraliaRetained WBO Global heavyweight title;
Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific heavyweight title
11Win11–0Leandro Daniel RobuttiTKO2, 2:0211 Dec 2024Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, Australia
10Win10–0Troy PilcherTKO2, 2:2625 July 2024Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, AustraliaRetained WBO Global heavyweight title
9Win9–0Kevin LerenaUD108 Mar 2024Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaWon vacant WBO Global heavyweight title
8Win8–0Andrew TabitiUD1028 Oct 2023Polifórum Benito Juárez, Cancun, MexicoWon vacant WBA International heavyweight title
7Win7–0Kiki Toa LeuteleUD104 Nov 2022Nissan Arena, Brisbane, AustraliaRetained IBF Pan Pacific, WBO Oriental, and OPBF heavyweight titles
6Win6–0Joseph GoodallUD1015 Jun 2022Nissan Arena, Brisbane, AustraliaWon vacant IBF Pan Pacific, WBO Oriental, and OPBF heavyweight titles
5Win5–0Paul GallenTKO10, 1:1816 Jun 2021ICC Exhibition Centre, Sydney, AustraliaRetained Australian heavyweight title
4Win4–0Christian Ndzie Tsoye1026 May 2021ICC Exhibition Centre, Sydney, AustraliaRetained Australian heavyweight title
3Win3–0Jack MarisTKO1, 2:5010 Apr 2021Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast, Australia
2Win2–0Arsene FossoTKO4, 1:073 Dec 2020Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, AustraliaRetained Australian heavyweight title
1Win1–0Faiga Opelu7, 1:2122 Oct 2020Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, AustraliaWon Australian heavyweight title