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24-year-old Aloua, based in Sydney, Australia and
handled by multiple world champion Anthony Mundine
and his father Tony Mundine, was an accomplished
amateur and won the New Zealand national
championships at heavyweight in 2009 and 2010
before turning pro earlier this year after
representing his country in the 2010 Commonwealth
Games in India.
Only 4-0 (3) in the paid ranks, Aloua is on a
fast-track to stardom. In his third professional
fight he destroyed former WBO Oceanic and Oceanic
Boxing Association (OBA) champion Walter Popu’a in
the first round of a scheduled eight, and in his
most recent outing he decisioned previously
unbeaten Hunter Sam on the October 19 Mundine vs.
Rigoberto Alvarez undercard in Newcastle,
Australia.
In Faimasassa Tavui, Aloua will be stepping up his
competition even further. Besides having almost
eight times as many professional bouts as his
opponent, Tavui has experience from several title
fights and facing good opponents such as Zulfikar
Joy Ali, whom he beat on one occasion, Soulan
Pownceby, and former UBO title-holder Joseph
Kwadjo.
Tavui (19-10-2, 11 KOs) is coming off two
victories, and will surely be confident that he
can delay Aloua’s climb in the rankings by
upsetting the applecart on November 25. At the
same time Aloua knows that beating an accomplished
foe such as Tavui to lift the UBO title will make
him an even hotter commodity on his way towards a
world championship. |
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