In 2008, Shane Cameron called out David Tua to fight in a boxing bout. In November 2008, Duco Events made an offer towards the two boxers to make the fight happen, however, Shane Cameron's team were unhappy with the date and money that was offered. In December 2008, Tua signed the contract for the fight to happened, however, Cameron had not signed as of yet. But it was confirmed that both boxers were guaranteed $500,000. In January 2009, David Higgins announced that the fight will happen in June 2009. In February 2009, It was announced that the fight would take place at Waikato Stadium, in Hamilton, New Zealand. In March 2009, Shane Cameron had a warm up fight against American Robert Davis. Unfortunately, during his fight with Davis, Cameron injured his hand. Due to the severity of the injury, Cameron required to have surgery on the hand, subsequently postponing the event. In April 2009, it was announced that the fight was postponed until October, with the venue changed to Mystery Creek Events Centre. A few day before the event, David Tua's home-country of Samoa was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. Tua's aunt died in the disaster.