Lani Daniels

BOXING fighter

Te Arani Moana "Lani" Daniels is a New Zealand professional boxer who has held the WBO and IBF female super-middleweight titles since April 2026. She is the first New Zealand-born boxer of Māori descent to be a three-division world boxing champion, having held the IBF female heavyweight title between May and December 2023, and the IBF female light-heavyweight title between December 2023 and December 2025. She is the fourth boxer of Maori descent to win a world boxing championship. She is the first New Zealander to win the Ring Magazine world title in history.