David 'Tuaman' Tua Stages Boxing Comeback

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THURSDAY AUGUST 2 2007

David 'Tuaman' Tua Stages Boxing Comeback On Maori Television

Maori Television has scored the live and free-to-air broadcast rights to three upcoming fights in the United States by one of boxing's most feared punchers of all-time, David 'Tuaman' Tua, in a deal announced on award-winning sports entertainment show CODE tonight (August 2).

Tua takes the next step in his comeback when he headlines the Pinnacle FiteNite show against Mexican heavyweight champion Saul 'La Cobra' Montana in the 10-round co-main event in Salt Lake City, Utah, later this month (August).

The three-hour sports special will screen on Maori Television from 11.00 AM on Sunday August 19 (NZT). Details of the other two fights will be announced at a later date.

Samoan knockout specialist Tua (47-3-1, 40 KOs) - who went the distance against undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis in 2000 - has accomplished just about everything in boxing except for winning a world title. He has beaten world heavyweight champions Oleg Maskaev, John Ruiz, Hasim Rahman and Michael Moorer but never worn the coveted title belt himself.

"Every fight is a title fight," Tua told Pinnacle FiteNite from his Salt Lake City training camp about his new attitude. "That's my whole approach - mentally, spiritually and physically. This is it! I'm taking a different approach, in my second time around, to the sport I love. Training hard is part of it but I have to be smart, too.

"This time around is different and I look forward to enjoying the sweet science. It'll be pleasing to get another title shot and winning it, which would seal off my career, and I still have three, four years to do it."

The battle-tested Montana (48-14, 42 KOs) has fought world champions James Toney, Virgil Hill, and Vassiliy Jirov. "I know Montana is going to try and stop me from fighting and winning a world title," Tua continues. "He will be well prepared just like everyone who fights me. I'm training very hard for him."

Get ready to rumble when David 'Tuaman' Tua takes on Mexican Saul 'La Cobra' Montana - live and free-to-air only on Maori Television at 11.00 AM on Sunday August 19 (NZT).

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