David Tua's Career Stumbles, Draws With Monte Barrett

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The career of top rated heavyweight David Tua (51-3-2, 43 KOs) took a decent stumble on Saturday night at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Tua went to a twelve round draw with Monte Barrett (34-9-1, 20 KOs), who was fighting for the final time in his long career. Barrett had lost his last three bouts coming into this fight. Barrett was viewed as a serious underdog coming into this fight.

Tua was unable to land any of his big shots in the contest. He missed a lot of his punches and his stamina was shot to hell by the midway point in the fight. Barrett boxed smart, stayed away and made sure he was always at a safe distance from Tua's power.

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Tua lost a point in the twelfth round for throwing Barrett to the floor and then Barrett had a surge when he caught Tua, dropping the hard-hitter for the first time in his pro career. The scores were 115-111 for Tua and the other two judges had it scored 113-113 and 113-113 for the draw.

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joe_strongMon Jul 19, 2010, 4:08 PM UTC

Very hostile. Everyone thought Monte won. It took them a very long time to get the scores to the crowd, which is always a sight that something sneak is taking place. There is NO WAY Barrett merely drew with Tua. Barrett won the fight, period. All that said, it was a very good heavyweight fight in a division that could use some of those. The entire crowd was on its feet screaming when Barrett knocked Tua down. It was exciting as hell.that is so cool...ive always liked & defended barrett while many laughed at me for saying barrett would go the distance.i knew he was prepared not like his previous 3 fights.im happy that you enjoyed yourself & the trip was worth the time.id have loved to have been there.what i do wonder is if barrett never said anything about retirement if he would have got the decision.if tua loses & barrett retires you now have 2 former challengers eliminated from the picture.tua can still be interesting if he gets in better shape.he was 237 but still looked soft.hes still marketable though.after barretts performance id like him to fight again...with a full training camp of course....the place must have erupted when he dropped tua....the best part i thought was the classy interview with barrett.

joe_strongMon Jul 19, 2010, 4:01 PM UTC

Welliver's nick is..... " The fat dorky white guy " :D The guy is a class act. He came over from the states a few years ago to fight in a charity match. I cant remember his record and I've only seen him fight a couple of times..... but he is light on his feet for a big guy, and he can take a big punch..... and he is well-skilled, having worked with a lot of top fighters. He will give Tua plenty of problems.cool...thanks for that insight.i only saw the solis fight & will pay attention to him.he has lost 40 pounds & took some big solis punches.i always enjoy hearing about charity work too.sounds like a classy guy.ive always liked underdogs like barrett,gavern,firtha,tye fields,zuri lawrence,obed sullivan,ahunanya,bostice,etc. its these guys who get the big names prepared for title runs.

BermBomberMon Jul 19, 2010, 9:34 AM UTC

Tua was always ****. His performance against Lewis remains in my memory. Big lump with a big left hook, no other discernable skills.

billy_boy_balboMon Jul 19, 2010, 8:10 AM UTC

just sum it up,,tuas shite:loser:

ghost_deiniMon Jul 19, 2010, 8:04 AM UTC

ha to everyone on here that thought Tua could knock out Haye think again he wouldn't even beat audley harrison lol

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