DAVID TUA INTRODUCED INTO THE FLORIDA BOXING HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2022.

10 January 2022: Ask anyone to name a famous Samoan or Kiwi sports hero and there is almost no doubt that this name will come up - David Tua.

 Thirty-something years on from when he first started boxing, that famous name will now be synonymous with boxing legends of the world, as he is due to be inducted into America's National Boxing Hall of Fame.

 The Tuaman is living a good life. He trains amateur boxers coming up the ranks, runs his own gym in Onehunga and has a secret weapon and support in wife Helen.

 But the first thing he brings up at the mention of all that success is the humility that built it.

 "I think about my parents and all their hard work - everything that they've done for us. This is for them.''

 The 49-year-old has been inducted into the National Hall of Fame at a ceremony in California, as he announced live on facebook on Sunday.

 He joins some of the boxing world's greats to be inducted next year as well - Sugar Ray Leonard, Frankie Duarte, Armando Muniz, Pipino Cuevas, Lee Roy Murphy and world-renowned boxing referee Frank Garza.