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HBO presents

David Tua
Heavyweight Mandatory Challenger

July 15, 2000

Heavyweight Mandatory Challenger, David Tua discusses in an online interview everything and anything about his career and experiences boxing and fighting.

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HBO: Welcome to HBO's on-line chat with heavyweight mandatory challenger David Tua. For the past two years, David Tua has been waiting for a title shot against current champ, Lennox Lewis. Directly after the Lewis-Botha telecast on HBO, David Tua will chat on-line and answer questions about possibly fighting Lewis, the Mike Tyson factor, and the current state of the heavyweight division. Welcome to the chat, David Tua!

David Tua: Hello. It's great to be on the show, and thanks to you guys for giving me the opportunity. It's a pleasure to be on board!

EZGuest749: What kind of special training is involved in your training camp for preparedness?

David Tua: Well, a typical day for David Tua starts every day, in the morning, about 7 AM, and sometimes 6 AM. Breakfast at 7 AM, and boxing training at 10 AM till half past noon. Then, I go to the health club in the afternoon, and I'm there for about an hour and a half to two hours. And basically, I change up on my routine every other day. It's about trying not to get in a mode where I get bored, doing the same stuff every day, so I change it up, so I'm not used to doing the same thing every day.

EZGuest382: Hello, David. What 'Strategy' would you use in the ring against Lennox Lewis?

David Tua: I would knock him out! That's the only strategy. I mean, what's there for me to do? There's only one way for me to fight Lennox, only for me to take the fight to him, put pressure to him, and work the body. And I feel the way things are going right now, my height is eye level with Lennox's chin, and that's a real good thing for my left hook.

EZGuest749: In the ring, you are all business. You go straight to the knocking of the other boxer's block off. Where does this hardness and focus come from?

David Tua: From a family of warriors. If I can recall back to the way my ancestors were, I'm from a family of warriors, people that fought for the rights of my island, and for their independence. And that's the same principle that I'll apply with my boxing career. It's all business. Once I step through them ropes, I'm coming to get you!

EZGuest382: Hello, David. Does Lennox Lewis have weaknesses that you can exploit in the ring for the Championship?

David Tua: Sure. I mean, every fighter has to have a weakness, or has to have weaknesses. And as for Lennox, his chin has been exposed by a lot of the fighters, including Oliver McCall, and Shannon Briggs. Those are the two I can mention right now. I don't see that point of any fighters, especially Lennox. All that I'm craving for now is the opportunity to prove myself to the world that I've got what it takes to become heavyweight champion of the world. And not only that, he gets tired as the fight lingers on into the later rounds. And guess what? The Tua man does VERY, very, very well through the later rounds of the fight.

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