# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maselino-masoe
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:28:08.105Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maselino-masoe"
name: "Maselino Masoe"
slug: "maselino-masoe"
description: "Maselino Francis Masoe Fao is a retired Samoan boxer who represented American Samoa at three Olympics starting with the 1988 Summer Olympics. As a professional, Masoe made history becoming the first Samoan boxer to win a major world title, defeating Kenyan born Evans Ashira on May 1, 2004, for the regular WBA world middleweight crown via second round Technical Knockout. He is the brother of rugby player Chris Masoe. Another brother, Mika, also represented American Samoa in boxing at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics."
tagline: "American Samoan boxer (born 1966)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1966-06-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.71
  momentum:             11.11995341614907
  historical:           6.345861333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  237
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B5"
    title: "Маселіно Масое"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "ماسيلينو ماسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "ماسيلينو ماسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maselino_Masoe"
    title: "Maselino Masoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maselino_Masoe"
    title: "Maselino Masoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maselino_Masoe"
    title: "Maselino Masoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maselino_Masoe"
    title: "Maselino Masoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1906969"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump