East Side Boxing Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 David Tua ( 52-4-2) and world ranked Alexander Ustinov (28-1) clash on Saturday 16th November at Mystery Creek, Hamilton, New Zealand. David Tua whose latter career has been punctuated with weight problems had reportedly blown out to 348 pounds before starting to train for this fight. Originally the pair were meant to meet on August 31st but a grade one calf tear sustained by Tua in training caused promoters to amend the fight to its current date. The extra training time has served Tua well. Tua’s appearance in August is remarkably different to the physical constitution he is sporting in the lead up to this weekend’s fight. Under the heat of well regarded ‘personalized health engineer’ (fitness trainer) Lee Parore Tua has dropped 110 pounds. Gone is the extra padding Tua fans have come used to seeing around his midriff and a David Tua in this shape hasn’t being seen since his 2009 two round destruction of fellow New Zealand heavyweight Shane Cameron. Tua dropping 110 pounds is a monumental physical undertaking and it shows he is serious about getting into contention shape. Tua will carry some ring rust into this bout having not fought in two years and only […]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?i=e2LiIsUV7Ss:Gz625iNgQXo:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=qj6IDK7rITs More... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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