Brazil venue canned for Tua

New Zealand heavyweight boxer David Tua has had a change of date and venue for his heavyweight fight against American Monte Barrett.

The 37-year-old was scheduled to fight in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 26 but the date has been put back to July 17 while the venue is still to be confirmed but is now unlikely to be in South America.

Tua's American-based trainer Roger Bloodworth told NewstalkZB the new venue is likely to be Atlantic City in the United States.

- NZPA