I believe he's going to fight again - Tua's promoter

A gracious yet tarnished David Tua may have ruined his last chance at a world title shot but he refused to call time on his career after Saturday night's hollow defeat to Monte Barrett.
Tua, who had fielded interest from world champion Wladimir Klitschko, put on a brave front for the media, then met with his promoter, Cedric Kushner, after just the fourth loss of his 18-year, 58-fight career.
The 38-year-old indicated a strong desire to return to the ring to rebuild his reputation, despite hinting previously a loss to journeyman Barrett would lead to retirement.

"I believe he's going to fight again," Kushner said. "I most certainly don't stand to give up on him. He's tarnished but that's my job to try to help him put the shine back.
"I will have my work cut out for me. You're trying to create something as quickly as possible. It's an extremely delicate and difficult situation we're in.
"David can't fight five sub-par guys, knock them out and tell the whole world he's back. Those days are over. Even though he didn't look impressive in the first five rounds [on Saturday], in the last six rounds he deserved to be fighting anyone in the world."
Tua will reflect with regret. The emotion of two national anthems, Samoan and Kiwi, and the added expectation of defending his home patch in South Auckland overwhelmed New Zealand's long-held heavyweight hope, who was cut for the first time in his career, but battled on against the only man to knock him down
Tua's tactics were questionable, at best. In the first four rounds his inactivity and handbrake like movement and aggression cost him theAsia Pacific and Oriental belts.
He did, however, display his lethal punching power and a renewed passion and desire in the closing rounds as he broke Barrett's jaw with a series of brutal combinations to close out the fight, flooring the American in the final stages.
"Monte Barrett's jaw is broken," Kushner revealed. "The punch is the last thing that diminishes. You might not be as fast as you were three years ago but you can still punch as hard."
Tua smiled and taunted his 40-year-old opponent and the soldout crowd were on their feet awaiting an early stoppage.
But he left it too late. A tenacious Barrett refused to stay down, avenging last year's controversial draw in Atlantic City.
"I couldn't get out of second gear," Tua confessed. "I thought I came on in later rounds maybe a little bit too late.
"The better man won tonight. For me, I'll go back to the drawing board and rethink and look at what we can do now.
"My passion is there. That's something you can't take from me. The love I have is something I've been blessed with. I might walk away from the sport but I'll never retire from the sport. I was born into this game