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Lavemai Kitione Takitau (16 April 1934 – 2 June 2006) who fought under the name Kitione Lave was a Tongan heavyweight boxer. At the age of 18 he became the South Pacific heavyweight champion and in 1956 he unsuccessfully challenged Joe Bygraves for the vacant Commonwealth title. A heavy hitting fighter with the vast majority of his victories ending in knockouts he was known as The Tongan Torpedo. After retiring from boxing he had a brief career as a professional wrestler.