David Tua Sends Israel Garcia To The Hospital

By Mark Vester

Is the old David Tua back? According to reports from New Zealand, Tua sent sparring partner Israel Garcia to the hospital with head swelling that came from a day of vicious sparring. Tua is finishing up his training camp for the October 3 clash with New Zealand rival Shane Cameron.

Event promoter David Higgins told RadioLive Sport that Garcia woke up Wednesday morning with "serious swellings inside of his head" and had to be taken to hospital. He was later discharged. Tua has promised to punish Cameron for years of trash talking.

"It is nothing life-threatening but obviously sparring can be quite brutal and a bit of damage was done, so he's going to take a few days to recuperate," Higgins said.

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