David Tua says he has issues to deal with. Photo / Herald on Sunday
Boxer David Tua has retired from the sport ... or has he? "I'm retired. But I'm not officially retired," he told the Herald on Sunday this week.
With his wife Robina Siteine-Tua telling a women's magazine they'd split, the former heavyweight champ said it was time to step out of
the ring.
He wouldn't discuss the split for the sake of their sons Klein, 16, and Kaynan, 14, but said life on his own was difficult.
"I'm not with my boys every day but I know that bond and I feel that connection. Blood is thicker than water. I will always be with them."
When asked whether his wife was still his manager, Tua, 39, said: "To be honest, she never was. She was a great help. She assisted me in things that I can't get done. But she never was. Respectively, the papers and writers made her a manager. It wasn't a thing that we discussed or talked about."
