Rain Mako (born 27 August 1976 in Christchurch New Zealand) is a former female boxer who currently lives in Melbourne Australia.Mako helped popularize women's boxing in Oceania: while boxing is still considered by most to be a male sport women's boxing has enjoyed a rise in popularity since 1996 and Mako boxed from 2000 to 2001.Mako's career in boxing spanned over the 2 years of 2000 to 2001but in that time she provided female boxing with pazzazz and glamour with her amazonian physique and film star looks - a polite gentle individual outside the ring but a tiger within it.Mako's boxing opportunities were limited in Australia and although her last 2 fights were short of the quality of her first 4her body language suggested she needed bigger name opponents to fight to keep up her spirit and interest.