Willis Meehan

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Willis Meehan
Personal information
Full name Willis Pele Meehan
Born (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 29)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Prop, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Sydney Roosters 1 0 0 0 0
As of 15 October 2015
Source: [1]

Willis Meehan (born 11 September 1995) is an Australian professional boxer.[2][3] He previously played professional rugby league for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. He played at second-row, prop and lock. He has been compared to good friend and another rugby league-boxer and former teammate Sonny Bill Williams.[2]

Background

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Meehan moved to New South Wales, Australia, at a young age and played his junior football for the Wyong Roos, before being signed by the Sydney Roosters.

Playing career

In 2013 and 2014, Meehan played for the Sydney Roosters' NYC team.[4] In 2013, he played for the Australian Schoolboys. In Round 14 of the 2014 NRL season, Meehan made his NRL debut for the Roosters against the Newcastle Knights.[5] On 2 September 2014, he was named at lock in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year.[6] In 2015, Meehan was stood down by the Roosters after being charged with robbery in company and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.[7] He was sacked by the club in July 2015.[8]

Boxing

Willis Meehan
Statistics
Nickname(s) The Hitman
Rated at Heavyweight
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Nationality Australia Australia
Born Willis Pele Meehan
(1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 29)
Auckland, New Zealand
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 5
Wins 5
Wins by KO 4
Losses 0
Draws 0
No contests 0

As a 17-year-old, Meehan won the Australian super-heavyweight boxing title and hoped to fight at the Commonwealth Games,[9] narrowly missing out. In 2016, he hopes to fight at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[10]

On 31 January 2015, Meehan fought on the undercard of the Sonny Bill Williams v Chauncy Welliver bout.[11]

On 15 November 2015, Meehan defeated Leamy Tato; however, the main event saw Meehan's father defeated by Joseph Parker.[12]

4 Wins (3 knockouts), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[13]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Won 4–0 New Zealand Leamy Lakopo Tato TKO 2 (6), 0:30 2015-10-15 New Zealand The Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Won 3–0 United States Freddie Miller TKO 2 (4), 2:43 2015-01-31 Australia Allphones Arena, Sydney, Australia
Won 2–0 Australia Alofa Solitua KO 1 (4), 1:28 2014-12-03 Australia Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
Won 1–0 New Zealand William Quarrie UD 4 (4) 2014-11-22 New Zealand North Shore Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand Professional debut

Personal life

Meehan is the son of professional boxer, Kali Meehan.[9] He converted to Islam in 2015.[14]

In April 2015, Meehan was charged with headbutting a man and stealing his watch near The Star, Sydney.[15] However, he was not convicted after his robbery in company charge was thrown out.[14] Meehan later revealed he had been working, while playing for the Roosters, as a stand-over man to settle debts for hardened criminals.[16]

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