David Tua News

A 16-year-old nephew of heavyweight boxer David Tua died suddenly of a suspected heart attack as he was tying his laces before boxing training.

A 16-year-old nephew of heavyweight boxer David Tua died suddenly of a suspected heart attack as he was tying his laces before boxing training.

Don't miss hosting your clients at the very best heavyweight boxing line-up ever assembled on New Zealand soil; Shane Cameron vs Monte Barrett plus the professional debut of Sir Bob Jones' protégé Joseph Parker.

Touted by some as the best New Zealand prospect since David Tua, 20-year-old Parker will officially enter the paid ranks in a fight card in Auckland on Thursday, July 5. His opponent is yet to be named.

Nearly 500 miles from Las Vegas, where the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto super welterweight title bout was scheduled to take place Saturday night, is the uncrowned heavyweight champion, confined to a cell at Lovelock Correctional Center.

American boxer Monte Barrett landed some sharp verbal shots on Shane Cameron in advance of the Kiwi fighter's return to the heavyweight division, claiming he would rather fight David Tua.