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David Tua
(Mafaufau Sita)

BORN   November 21 1972; Apia, Samoa
HEIGHT.. 5-10
WEIGHT 201-253

Tua has tremendous raw power - as fine a puncher as anyone who ever stepped into the ring; To beat him, a man has to (1) have a solid chin and (2) be a good boxer or (3) be immensely strong and able to deliver very hard blows like a Rocky Marciano or Mike Tyson; But, even then, he'd better be very careful

During his career, David has won the
WBC International Heavyweight Championship, the NABA Heavyweight Championship, the USBA Heavyweight Championship, the IBF Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship, the WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship and the WBO Oriental Heavyweight Championship

Tua has defeated such men as John Ruiz, Oleg Maskaev, Hasim Rahman, Darroll Wilson, David Izon, Jeff Lally, Obed Sullivan, Robert Daniels, Danell Nicholson, Fres Oquendo, Nate Tubbs, Shane Cameron, Cecil Coffee, Dan Murphy, Eric Curry, Saul Montana, Gary Bell and Edward Gutierrez

*** AMATEUR BOUTS ***
1990
          -Tua won the Oceanian Championships in Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1991
          -Tua won 3rd place at the World Championships in Sydney, NSW, Australia

1992
          -Tua won the Oceanian Championships/Olympics Trials in Apia, Western Samoa

          -Tua won the Olympic Games Heavyweight Bronze Medal in Barcelona, Spain


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***

1992
Dec  1 Ron Humes                  Virginia Beach, Va                 KO  1
Dec 14 Lorenzo Poole              Mashantucket, Ct                   KO  1

1993
Feb  6 Lazaro Almanza             New York, NY                       TK  3
Feb 27 Howard Kelly               Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  3
Mar 23 Alfredo Nevarez            San Antonio, Tx                    TK  1
May 28 Willie Washington          Houston, Tx                        KO  1
Jun 22 Bruce Johnson              Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  2
Jul 10 Larry Davis                Bushkill, Pa                       KO  1
Sep 25 Rick Honeycutt             Poughkeepsie, NY                   KO  2
Nov  6 Krishna Wainwright         Las Vegas, Nv                       W  6
Nov 26 Mike Acey                  Auckland, New Zealand              KO  1

1994
Feb  5 Bill Corrigan              Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  2
Apr 16 Calvin Jones               Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  4
May  7 Lester Jackson             Atlantic City, NJ                   W  8
Aug 13 Everton Davis              Las Vegas, Nv                       W 10
Oct  1 Ken Lakusta                Norfolk, Va                        KO  4
Dec  9 Cecil Coffee               Auckland, New Zealand              KO  1

1995
Mar  4 Bruce Bellocchi            Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  1
May 20 Dan Murphy                 Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  5
Jul 15 Sean Hart                  Stateline, Nv                       W  8
Aug 26 Mauricio Villegas          Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  6

1996
Jan 13 Bruce Bellocchi            Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  2
Mar 15 John Ruiz                  Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  1
          -WBC International Heavyweight Championship
Jul 21 Anthony Cooks              Baltimore, NJ                      TK  1
Sep 20 Darroll Wilson             Miami, Fl                          KO  1
          -WBC International Heavyweight Championship
Dec 21 David Izon                 Uncasville, Ct                     TK 12
          -WBC International Heavyweight Championship

1997
Apr  5 Oleg Maskaev               Atlantic City, NJ                  TK 11
          -WBC International Heavyweight Championship
Jun  7 Ike Ibeabuchi              Sacramento, Ca                      L 12
          -WBC International Heavyweight Championship
Nov 22 Jeff Lally                 Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  2

1998
Mar 10 Jeff Wooden                Pikesville, Md                      W 10
Apr 18 Cleveland Woods            San Francisco, Ca                  TK  3
May 30 Nate Tubbs                 Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  2
Sep 26 Eric Curry                 Uncasville, Ct                     TK  1
Dec 19 Hasim Rahman               Miami, Fl                          TK 10
          -USBA Heavyweight Championship;
          IBF Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship

1999
Jul 17 Gary Bell                  Stateline, Nv                      TK  1
          -USBA Heavyweight Championship
Oct 23 Shane Sutcliffe            Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  2

2000
Jun  3 Obed Sullivan              Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  1
          -USBA Heavyweight Championship;
          IBF Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship
Jul 21 Robert Daniels             Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  3
          -USBA Heavyweight Championship;
          IBF Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship
Nov 11 Lennox Lewis               Las Vegas, Nv                       L 12
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World;
          IBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

2001
Mar 23 Danell Nicholson           Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  6
Aug 18 Chris Byrd                 Las Vegas, Nv                       L 12
          -USBA Heavyweight Championship
Dec 19 Garing Lane                Oroville, Ca                       TK  8

2002
Apr 13 Fres Oquendo               Chester, Pa                        TK  9
          -NABF Heavyweight Championship
Aug 17 Michael Moorer             Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  1
Nov 30 Russell Chasteen           Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  2

2003
Mar 29 Hasim Rahman               Philadelphia, Pa                    D 12

2005
Mar 31 Talmadge Griffis           Auckland, New Zealand              TK 10
Oct 21 Cisse Salif                Hollywood, Fl                       W 10

2006
Jul 26 Edward Gutierrez           New York, NY                       KO  4
Nov  3 Maurice Wheeler            New York, NY                       KO  7

2007
Feb 22 Robert Hawkins             New York, NY                        W 10
Aug 18 Saul Montana               Sandy, Ut                          KO  1
Sep  7 Cerrone Fox                Mount Pleasant, Mi                 TK  2

2009
Oct  3 Shane Cameron              Hamilton, New Zealand              KO  2
          -WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship;
          WBO Oriental Heavyweight Championship


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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