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20/20: DOWN BUT NOT OUT

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Year
2000
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F48557
Media type
Moving image
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Series
20/20
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Television
Duration
0:12:30
Broadcast Date
19/11/2000
Production company
TV3 Network
Credits
Reporter: Anna Kenna
Producer: Laurie Clarke
Editor: Marc Seidler

0:00:38 “David Tua from South Auckland made it to Las Vegas for a crack at boxing’s most glittering prize. Although he lost,he took the punches, stayed on his feet and lasted the distance. Just having a shot at the world title was the realisation of a magnificent sporting dream for the boy from Samoa.” - (20/20: Down But Not Out )

Build up to the fight with Lennox Lewis in Las Vegas; the day after the fight . Tua family video shows David Tua’s home village in Samoa. David with his family. At the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and in USA 1992 after he turned professional.
Interviews with: David Tua, heavy weight boxer; Kevin Barry, Tua’s manager. Statement by David after the fight with Lennox Lewis. Dick Kitto, School Principal. David Mulitalo, trainer in Auckland.