Facts: - death place: beach haven , new zealand - weight: heavyweight - draws: 2 - losses: 18 - ko: 43 - style: orthodox - death date: 2 june 2006 - nickname: tongan torpedo tongan terror - realname: lavemai kitione takitau - total: 72 - birth date: 16 april 1934 - name: kitione lave - nationality: tongan - image: file : kitione lave.png - birth place: hunga , tonga - wins: 51 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kitione lave .
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lavemai kitione takitau -lrb- 16 april 1934 - 2 june 2006 -rrb- , 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 .