{"id":8799,"date":"2011-03-17T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T02:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8799"},"modified":"2011-03-17T21:00:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T02:00:31","slug":"david-tua-shocker-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8799","title":{"rendered":"David Tua Shocker: Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8799\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"tuaman653\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tuaman65311.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>By Mike\u00a0Plunkett<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Celebrated Auckland heavyweight and former world title challenger David Tua, 51-3-2, 43 KO\u2019s looks to shake the shocking image he left with fans around the globe late last year; crumpled on the canvas and badly hurt courtesy of a last second barrage from former contender Monte Barrett. Tua weighed-in a hair over 248 pounds, eleven pounds over what he weighed barely eking out a controversial and near disastrous draw in his last start. Adding an element of drama to the tonnage, his challenger and would be spoiler, Demetrice \u201cOnly by KO\u201d King weighed-in at a hefty 276. Both fighters are badly in need of a win, and in particular this will be a make or break proposition for Tua if he hopes to reignite his world title ambitions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tua\u2019s WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental heavyweight titles will not be on the line in a bout schedule for ten rounds. The Tua camp understands the assignment in front of them. They acknowledged the ever-present danger of King&#8217;s power and a punch that has brought 13 knockouts in the Michigan man&#8217;s 15 pro wins.<\/p>\n<p>Tua didn&#8217;t back away when asked about the importance of this bout after his near disastrous showing against Monte Barrett in New Jersey eight months ago. &#8220;This is a big fight. It\u2019s must-win,&#8221; said the 38-year-old who still hopes for another world title shot. For his part, King was contrite; &#8220;I&#8217;m excited to be here and people have been very respectful to me, despite the fact I&#8217;m in his playground\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen David over the years and I know what I&#8217;m up against \u2013 he has power, I have power. It&#8217;s about who makes the first mistake and who capitalizes on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Secret-Forris-Day-Jr\/dp\/B004GLZ4YG\/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1\">Pre-Order the Horror Thriller FAMILY SECRET Now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mike\u00a0Plunkett Celebrated Auckland heavyweight and former world title challenger David Tua, 51-3-2, 43 KO\u2019s looks to shake the shocking image he left with fans around the globe late last year; crumpled on the canvas and badly hurt courtesy of a last second barrage from former contender Monte Barrett. Tua weighed-in a hair over 248 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[984,191,2261],"class_list":["post-8799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-david-tua","tag-shocker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}