by Josefa Makaba
Fiji Times - Sunday, February 28, 2010
Daughter of the late Sunia Cama.
AS a tribute to his late trainer Sunia Cama, Vancouver-based former middleweight champion Isimeli Lesi said he wants to take young Petero Qica to Canada and give him a chance to make a name for himself on the world scene.
Cama was laid to rest at the Old Suva Cemetery in front of family members, relatives, friends and representatives from the local boxing community.
Lesi held two titles, the South Pacific weliterweight and the South Pacific Junior Middleweight title when he was active in the sport.
Lesi, who was trained by Cama in the late 1980s, said yesterday he was saddened by the loss of his former trainer.
"I'm just so sad. The best way I can repay all the good things that he has done for me is to bring his young fighter Qica to Canada," Lesi said from Vancouver .
"From what I heard before he died Cama was training Qica to follow the footsteps of previous champions who have come out of the famous YMCA Boxing Club.
"I want to continue his quest of taking Qica to the top by bringing him to Canada and giving the best training facilities and to train with some of the top boxing trainers we have here."
Lesi yesterday paid tribute to the hard work done by Cama to produce some of the country's long list of champions.
"During my time, there were a group of champions who were being trained by Cama that included Atama Matauloki, Koroi Vodo, Anthony Naidu, and Kamisese Vaubula.
"I believe Qica was following their footsteps very closely until Cama passed away.
"I will have to contact Qica's father and make arrangements for him to come and train here.
"He will have the chance to make it into the top of his category especially with the class of trainers and facilities we have," Lesi said.
"I want to thank Cama by continuing his work of making Qica a World champion."
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