Article: A knockout for Hamilton

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Waikato Times
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October 6, 2009
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Hamilton prides itself as a place where it happens, and it happened for heavyweight boxer David Tua before he went out for a burger on Saturday night. Tua had just obliterated fellow heavyweight Shane Cameron in what was billed as New Zealand's Fight of the Century and it has reignited the career of one of the best- known names in the sport. That it happened in Hamilton - Mystery Creek to be precise - further underlines the success the city has enjoyed in aligning its name to leading events.

Had the fight been fought outdoors in June under a giant shelter at Waikato Stadium as originally planned in February, the novelty factor might have earned it even more publicity, but such are the ...

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