ready for Thunder
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David Tua’s camp ready for Thunder
OLYMPIC boxing heavyweight bronze medalist David Tua will front up to Jimmy “Thunder” Peau when the time is right, his manager Lou Duva said in Auckland. The Tua entourage had arrived in Auckland on November 16 to prepare for his fight with Miami’s Russ Watson, known as “the Florida Fist”, on November 26 at the ASB Stadium.
Duva said his camp was not avoiding Thunder; he would not put his boxer up against the more aggressive former Commonwealth Games gold medalist until he was ready. “We’d like to go and have a look at him (Thunder),” Duva told NZPA. “Sure we’ll fight, we’ll fight Jimmy Thunder there is no prob lem with that.” Thunder, on repu tation, was the sort of fighter they wanted to pit Tua against. NZPA