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Despite a slow comeback and having not fought for six months, David Tua is expected to scorch his latest opponent in tomorrow's fight at Salt Lake City, Utah.
The 10-rounder against Mexican champion Saul Montana is one of the two main drawcards.
"At this point in my career, every fight is a title fight," 34-year-old Tua said from his Utah training camp.
"That's my whole approach - mentally, spiritually and physically.
"It'll be pleasing to get another title shot and winning it, which would seal my career. And I still have three or four years to do it."
It's a chance for Tua, 47-3-1 with 40 knockouts, to show that he is serious about a comeback.
Montana is 36 with a 48-14 record, 42 of the wins being knockouts.
"Salt Lake City has a large Polynesian community," Tua said. "It would be fantastic if a lot of them came to my fight because their support means a lot to me."
Montana is a beefed-up light heavyweight who has fought world champions James Toney, Virgil Hill and Vassiliy Jirov, and Tua expects him to come out swinging.
"He's got 42 knockouts. He will be well prepared just like everyone who fights me. I'm training very hard for him."
Tua outpointed Robert Hawkins in New York in February this year in his fifth comeback fight since a drawn-out court battle over intellectual property rights with his former managers Kevin Barry and Martin Pugh.
- NZPA
