David Light (boxer)

David Light

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Personal information
Full name	David Thomas Light
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Heavyweight
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing New Zealand Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Heavyweight

David Light (born 13 November 1991 in Takapuna, Auckland) is an amateur boxer from New Zealand. He competed in the men's heavyweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where he won the silver medal against Canada's Samir El-Mais. David had reached the semifinal after knocking out Malaysia's Meeraj Omar in the second round of his first bout, before defeating Kenya's Charles Odhiambo Okoth in a unanimous decision.

Light joined fellow boxer, David Nyika, in bringing home rare Commonwealth Games boxing medals to New Zealand. The last time that two Kiwi boxers returned from the Commonwealth Games with both a gold and a silver medal was in the Perth Commonwealth Games in 1962.

Following his Commonwealth success, Light was full of admiration for the Kiwi team but made controversial remarks regarding professional boxing: "... us boys in the New Zealand team, we always joke that going pro is when you give up on actual boxing ... You're cashing in on your talent and you're fighting bums."

Other successes for Light in 2014 include placing 2nd in his events at the 2014 boxing tournaments held in Belgrade, Serbia and 3rd at the 2014 GeeBee Competitions. Light has been in the national team since 2011.

David is the youngest of eight children to New Zealand inventor Len Light who invented the world's first do-it-yourself yoghurt maker, founding the then family business of Easiyo in 1992 and later of New Zealand Pure Dairy Ltd.