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FIGHTER / HUGE DAVID TUA FAN
WORLD TITLE SHOT
78% KO Rate
WBC #22
WBO #2
IBO #24
IBF Intercontinental #6
I'm a big fan of David Tua and i think he's boxing's hardest hitter at present.
Fights i want to see happen:
Tua vs Rahman 3
Tua vs Arreola
Tua vs Toney
Tua vs Ibragimov
Tua vs Povetkin
Tua vs Peters
Tua vs Valuev (Circus show almost)
Tua vs Briggs
Tua vs Chagaev
Tua vs Solis
Tua vs Meehan
Tua vs Boytsov
Tua vs Haye
Tua vs Wlad
Tua vs Vitali
In May 2007, Cedric Kushner, president of Gotham Boxing Inc. and Tua's promoter, filed a $5 million lawsuit against IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and promoter Shelly Finkel among others - and while the lawsuit is unrelated to Tua, Kushner has stated he will drop the lawsuit if Tua is given a title bout against Klitschko in 2008, which ultimately failed to materialize.
Although Tua was never knocked down in any of his fights, he was dropped in the final seconds of his bout with Rahman, an unofficial knock-down. Many fans dispute this and say it was a balance shot with Tua swinging wildly after hearing the bell signalling ten seconds to go. The knock down took place seconds after the bell to end the fight. Ironically in the first fight between Tua and Rahman in 1998, Tua knocked Rahman down with a shot that was also seconds after the bell.
In 2003, Tua was ranked 48th on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
While Tua only received one shot at a heavyweight title belt, he owns victories over fighters John Ruiz (two-time heavyweight champion), Hasim Rahman (two-time heavyweight champion), Fres Oquendo (two-time heavyweight title challenger), Oleg Maskaev (former WBC heavyweight champion), and Michael Moorer (three-time heavyweight champion).
Tua has won 29 of his fights without going to the fourth round; two of his fights lasted less than 30 seconds (he KO'd Michael Moorer in 30 seconds, and floored John Ruiz in 19), a record tied by only one other boxer, Jeremy Williams. At least two more of Tua's bouts have lasted under a minute, although full records of his early fights are incomplete, so he may have more short bouts.
From 1992 to 2003, Tua was managed by former boxer Kevin Barry, who also trained him from 2001. But in 2003, Tua ended his business relationship with Barry and financial manager Martin Pugh. Though Barry accepted his dismissal as trainer, he also resisted Tua's decision to end their contract, which still had two years to go. In 2004, Tua's accountant learned that the boxer's finances with his boxing company, Tuaman Inc. Ltd., were tangled with company expenses; Tua no longer had most of his $NZ 20 million in purses from his professional matches, and important assets Tua thought he owned alone were anything but, including a piece of coastal land at Pakiri. Tuaman Inc. Ltd had business expenses flowing in various directions, involving companies and clients Tua had no knowledge of. Tua's own home was purchased with borrowed money, and the boxer's purses were linked to renovation costs for Martin Pugh's property. These findings were based on documents from Pugh's offices. Court action was inevitable.
In 2005 Tua took Kevin Barry and Martin Pugh to court over their business arrangements. Barry and Pugh have accused Tua of manipulating them to collect revenue, yet Tua maintained that he knew little of the men's affairs and did what they told him to do out of trust. The dispute has so far given both sides legal victories: over the issue of the coastal land property, the court ruled in favor of Barry and Pugh, since Tua failed to properly clarify his ownership over the land; on the issue of the terminated 2003 contract, the court ruled in Tua's favour, concluding he clearly owed no expenses to his former management from that contract. The courts are currently preparing to handle the other issues of the boxer's company's finances.
Tua is known for his devastating knockouts. In his 1997 fight with Ike Ibeabuchi, the two fighters combined to set the record for most punches thrown in a heavyweight fight on record. Ibeabuchi won the decision, handing Tua his first pro defeat.
Tua is a member of the legendary Anoa'i wrestling family.many boxing fans believe he is the best Heavyweight boxer never to have won a world championship title.
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