David Tua
Overview
Upolu
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, Samoa
Samoa
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) is a New Zealand
New Zealand
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professional heavyweight
Heavyweight
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boxer
Boxing
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, fighting out of South Auckland
South Auckland
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, Auckland
Auckland
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, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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He is a former WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental Heavyweight champion.
Tua won the 1988 New Zealand Amateur Heavyweight championship, then in a series of fights became internationally respected for his devastating left hook. He won a Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
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and later began his professional career.
