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Chauncy Welliver (46-5-5, 16 KOS) is scheduled to face Galen Brown (35-15-1, 22 KOs) this Saturday in Topeka, Kansas. He are some of his thoughts from a quick interview we did with him on this weeks show.

CIANI: Chauncy I’ve wanted to ask you, I know there has been a lot of talk on boxing message boards of the possibility of you someday having a fight with David Tua. I’m first wondering is that a fight you would be interested in and is that something that was ever on the table for you?

WELLIVER: You know it’s never been on the table. Me and Dave have sparred many times. I’ve known Dave since I was 18 years old. Dave was one of the first guys I ever went to a camp and sparred with. I felt great sparring Dave. You know Dave after his fight with Shane Cameron was on top of the world, and he’s still near the top of the world even though he’s gone a little bit downhill since then. People that say, “Well Chauncy hasn’t fought anybody”. Well I think David Tua is a somebody and I think this shows that I’m trying to fight with somebody, because yes this absolutely is a fight that I want because I think it proves to the boxing world my ability against a guy who’s a monstrous puncher. He definitely is a contender in the game even still. I think Dave is definitely still a contender and I think it pushes me up, maybe not to a title fight but a hell of a lot closer to it. Yeah I think the New Zealand public wants it because everybody says, “Chauncey has got a chin and Dave has got a punch”. I don’t plan on getting hit a whole lot, but I think Dave’s style suits me well and that’s a fight that I definitely would want.

CIANI: Well do you think the demand for such a fight in New Zealand might tempt David to get into the ring with you maybe some time this year?

WELLIVER: You know Dave is a friend. I want to make that loud and clear but at the same time I have to bag him a little bit since we’re on the subject. Me and Dave had some sparring sessions that didn’t go so well on his behalf. I was a kid. You know I’ve learned a lot since then. I think Dave just doesn’t want to fight me. I mean Dave has trouble with my style. He doesn’t like guys that move and hey! Dave likes it when he hits guys and they fall down, and Dave hit me many times and I didn’t fall down. I think Dave wants somebody that he knows he’s going to crush. Hey, all the power to him. People are going to jump all over this and say he fought Chris Byrd and guys like that. Dave knocked a lot of great fighters out, but now I think Dave kind of knows he’s on the downside. I think he’s going sit and wait for a mandatory spot, but something very good happened in the last WBO ratings. Dave was pushed down one spot to #3 in the WBO ratings. So when Adamek fights Klitschko, now David Tua won’t be #1 so they won’t go to purse bid. So now David Tua needs to fight somebody to get that #1 position and hopefully he’ll fight me for that.

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