SouthPaw Promotions held another installation of its Saturday Night Fights boxing series on August 7, 2021, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. One of the featured fighters at the event was local Seattle area professional Liz "The Humble Warrior" Tuani. Tuani had a long and successful kickboxing career before transitioning to boxing.

Tuani has quickly received a well-earned reputation for being an exciting fighter who brings outstanding toughness and her warrior spirit into every fight. At this event, Tuani was matched against Fei "Lady Tyson" Faiva. Faiva brought an undefeated 4-0-1 record into the contest, with three knockouts to her credit.

In Round 1, Tuani looked sharp early as she used good footwork to evade the charging Faiva. After Faiva missed with several punches, Tuani scored with a nice counter left hook. Faiva pushed forward aggressively and landed a nice combination hook to the body, followed by a hook upstairs. Thirty seconds into the round, Faiva land a hard right hand that landed flush. With one minute left in the round, Tuani landed a nifty counter uppercut as Faiva pressed forward and missed with a jab. Tuani followed with a really nice connection to the head via a left hook. Tuani did good work throughout the round evading numerous jabs from Faiva.

In Round 2, Faiva came out aggressive, attacking the body and landing several hard left hooks. Midway through the round the fighters engaged in a flurry of action as Faiva had Tuani up against the ropes. Tuani, however, showed her toughness and landed several punches of her own before circling to her left to get off the ropes. Tuani began to use some nice footwork to evade the constant pressure by Faiva. Faiva used a solid left hook to the body effectively in Round 2.

Early in Round 3, Faiva applied pressure and displayed good hand speed. Tuani countered Faiva's aggression with some good defensive footwork. The best exchange of the fight occurred with 30 seconds left in the round as Faiva pressed forward, backing Tuani up to the ropes. But Tuani unleashed several hard punches that found their mark, in particular a straight right hand followed by a left. However, Faiva was able to land a sharp short left hook to the head in the exchange, as well. Faiva scored at the end of the round with a combination left uppercut, straight right hand from the inside.

In Round 4, this fast paced fight continued as both ladies were throwing hard. Faiva continued to pressure and press forward, often putting Tuani up against the ropes as both fighters engaged in close quarters. Faiva did more nice work to the body, landing several hard uppercuts as she closed the distance and did effective work on the inside. Tuani had a really nice moment of her own midway through the round as she was able to get her back off the ropes and turn Faiva before landing a right hook-left hook combination.

The fight ended with both combatants throwing furiously to close out this entertaining and crowd-pleasing fight. Faiva won this closely contested bout via unanimous decision.

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