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"TUA OF DUTY" DAVID TUA RETURNS!

From Denny Enright at Ringside

Before a full stadium in Auckland New Zealand David Tua showed he is on the way back with a 10th round TKO over Talmadge Griffis, this fight attended by the World President of the WBF Mick Croucher promised a early finish going on the opinions of many experienced boxing people but Talmadge Griffis came in with a plan and this plan kept Talmadge in the fight for 9 rounds untill Tua caught up with him and finished this fight 2 min 40 sec into the 10th and final round.

From round one through to the ninth round Talmadge kept the fight at a distance as Tua tried to work in close to Griffis to then unload but Griffis very quickly worked off the ropes and in and out of the corners and kept away from Tua with ineffectual jabs that were not hard enough to score points, Tua on the other hand did score with jabs to the body and right crosses to the head but at times his lunging with right hands and left hooks showed that he was out with his timing and also ring rusty and he will really benifit from the 10 rounds that he fought.

Griffis although only a journeyman stayed in this fight with his fight plan to move and jab and in my opinion Talmadge only wanted to survive and this he did untill the 10th round when Tua caught up with him in Tua's corner and Talmadge was being hit with very hard and distructive punches when the referee Lance Revill jumped in between them to save Griffis from further punishment, 22 punches were thrown by Tua in that period and the way that Tua finished this fight was the Tua of old.

Tua needs another one or two fights to get some ring time behind him and I personally will not give a opinion on the future of David Tua and his prospects untill I see him in action a couple of more times.

There were two outstanding prelim fights worth mentioning one being between Stephen Heremia and Cory Burton. This fight saw Burton a very experienced professional taken in hand by Stephen Heremia who after a slow start dominated this fight and hit Burton with tremendous body shots through round two and three, in round four Heremia caught Burton on the ropes with a savage left rip and right cross that forced the referee to jump in and stop this fight. Heremia is a very promising fighter.

Sharon Aynos the WBF World Champion has to much class for Christina Tye and won very easily on points over four rounds.

Ricco Chong Nee looked very classy against Maroni Swalger and was right on top of Swalger right from round one dominating the fight with good lateral movement and a very good variety of punches and finished this fight midway through the fight when after a count was applied to Swalger the referee jumped in and stopped the fight.

Cedric Kushner the Promoter of David Tua want to have David back in the ring within 90 days and with a move to the USA and a good boxing trainer we could very well see the Tua of old back into the top 10.

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"TUA OF DUTY" MARCH 31
 

From Denny Enright:

The long awaited return to the ring of David Tua will happen on the 31st of March when he will meet Talamadge Griffis over 10 by 3 minute rounds. David has his weight now at 119kg and from recent reports he will have his fight weight were he wants it on the 31st of March.
DAVID TUA V TALAMADGE GRIFFIS 10X3
David started sparring last week and really sharp, he is in good physical condition and come fight night he will be ready to explode!!!!!. A fantastic undercard has been put together to support the main fight and the matchings are as follows.

1. Fai'i Falamoe {NZ} Vrs Tipton Walker {USA}

2. Sean Sullivan {NZ} Vrs Colin Hunia {NZ}

3. Mohamed Azzaoui {NZ} Vrs Lawrence Tauasa {NZ)

4. Sharon Anyos {Aust} Vrs Christina Tai {NZ}
{WBF World Featherweight Champion}

5. Steven Heremaia {NZ} Vrs Jamie Waru {NZ}

6. Danniella Smith {NZ} Vrs Sue Glassy {NZ}



THE TUA OF DUTY" is set for the 31st of March at Waitakere Stadium in Auckland New Zealand.

After 2 years David Tua will have his comeback fight when he meets Talamadge Griffis from America over 10 rounds, David has trained really hard for this fight and at this point of time his weight is 119 kg and David wants to have his weight on fight night at 115kg.

David has started his sparring and is looking really sharp, Cedric Kushner is the co-promoter alongside 72 Promotions and the main event will be preceeded with 7 outstanding prelim fights involving top quality boxers

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