By Mark Vester
Heavyweight David Tua is looking for something bigger. Tua turned down potential fights with Kali Meehan or Friday Ahunanya and is looking for a more credible opponent. Fresh from his big knockout win over Shane Cameron, Tua was being scouted for the opponent's position for Chris Arreola on HBO's December 5 card. The money wasn't there and Tua goes looking for bigger game. Tua's promoter, Cedric Kushner, told the New Zealand Herald that his fighter will not fight in New Zealand next, but should return to the country by March.
"I would hate it to be thought that I was being disrespectful to fighters like Meehan and Ahunanya, as I always repect those men who step up those three stairs into the ring," Kushner said. "But sometimes people are not required because there are more strategic moves to be made."
Kushner is not going to ask Tua to fight a soft opponent in his next bout, or an over the hill fighter. They are looking for a test that will lead them to a world title shot. They are aiming for the champions, Klitschko brothers and Nikolai Valuev should he beat David Haye next Saturday night.
"I am not going to ask David to fight Humpty-Dumpty. David's quest is to win the world heavyweight championship and if someone can enhance that quest and even speed it up, then they become more appealing. We don't want to be held up - we want to keep the momentum going. David will fight anyone in the world, the Klitschko brothers and Valuev included," Tua said.
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