Bubba Tuigamala is best known for being the son of legendary All Black "Inga the winger".
While Inga made his mark playing rugby in New Zealand, Bubba's returned to Samoa to make a difference through boxing.
And it's happened outside the ring as much as in it.
Night is falling at Plantation Boxing's modest fale near Apia, where villagers surround Bubba's sparring session, but the gym's as much about its people as its owner.
"Samoa's got all the talent but nowhere to put it. So me and my wife, we decided to move over and start a gym and see how it goes," says Bubba.
What Bubba and his father, Inga, quickly discovered was local kids needed more than a place to box.
"They would stand from afar and yell and scream and throw rocks at us and I just said to Bubba, 'Let's just love them and care for them and slowly they all come,'" says Inga.
"It's just for some of these kids the houses are not as safe as they should be. They find what they need in the gym and that's great for us," says Bubba.
Domestic violence and poverty are a part of life in many villages. It's a dark underbelly for a community packed full of potential.
"I'm telling you, some of these little kids, they have scars all over their heads from dodging pots and pans, but they know how to fight," says Bubba.
"Just trying to get those little disciplines in boxing – not just boxing but little stuff at home – that they can be doing better at school, that they can be doing better. If they can do it in the ring, they can do it anywhere else."
"These parents can't afford these children's shoes or shirts or even gloves for that matter, so we've been getting out there to the community and even the business sector and just asking them to sponsor a shoe or some pants for these kids, so it's been brilliant. I'm really proud of what Bubba's trying to do," says Inga.
It means Bubba is very busy. His fifth pro fight is in two weeks and sleep isn't always easy to come by.
"We start every morning at four o'clock and we close at eight o'clock. Sometimes we have the kids sleep over. Sometimes we're here 24-hours. It's not work for us; it's something we love doing, so we keep doing it."
Based on how many show up, the kids do too.
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