Tua pulls out of PPV!
Heavyweight David Tua will not be fighting on the August 26 "Heavyweight Heat" card at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Tua reportedly is still in pain after surgery to remove a wisdom tooth and was advised not to fight by his oral surgeon. He was scheduled to face Cisse Salif on the undercard of the PPV event featuring Shannon Briggs vs Ray Mercer, the first world title defense of O'Neil Bell, Lance Whitaker, Jameel McCline and more. Tua's fight with Salif might be recheduled for October.
Thursday, August 18 2005
Sucks, I have no interest in it...It just lost all of it's appeal.
for those complaining...what is so smart about going into a fight when you're not feeling 100%? especially over something stupid like a tooth ache? why even take the risk of going into a fight where it will be nagging you and hinder your performance? it is not like this is some rare championship opportunity he is giving up...no harm done...
I guess it started to bother him recently. Tooth decay can be a bitch and cause pain and distraction from training properly. Remember Pancho Villa dying from a tooth extraction coz he fought a day after?
Perhaps I am very criticizing when it comes to these type of things as I believe they can be prevented....I dont want it to come across as bashing a fighter for getting a procedure like so done. But I believe under some circumstances it can be prevented. As well is that it seems like he already had it done but hasnt healed completely. So I get the assumption he had it done while the fight was inked and known totally about it and he just hasnt recovered fast enough.
Wisdom teeth grow longer and longer the older you grow so if you have them out when your say 17 thats not problem but someone Tua's age his wisdom teeth would have grown down around his jaw and actually hooked under there making it 100 times harder and more painful to take them out so don't talk about something you know nothing about.
If you don't believe me do some reasearch like you should have before you started mouthing off.
They had to cut the bone in my jaw to remove 2 of them because they were so deep into the roots. So dont come talking smack until you know how I had them removed.....
My whole complaint is why have the procedure done while you are training for a fight anyhow.
Wisdom teeth grow longer and longer the older you grow so if you have them out when your say 17 thats not problem but someone Tua's age his wisdom teeth would have grown down around his jaw and actually hooked under there making it 100 times harder and more painful to take them out so don't talk about something you know nothing about.
If you don't believe me do some reasearch like you should have before you started mouthing off.
I had 4 wisdom teeth pulled out in less than a month, 2 being at a time. That whole hype about it hurting and painful is a bunch of shit. They numbed me up taken them out sent me home on my merry way and left the gauze in for an hour. Had taken it out to let air get to it. By evening I was eating soft solid foods like bread and pasta......
If Tua's wisdom teeth were impacted, then the dentist essentially has to cut the gums wider and crack the wisdom tooth. Then he has to extract the pieces. It differs from patient to patient. All four of mine emerged and the dentist had an easy time removing them, thus I had only a week's worth of discomfort. For others, depending on how bad their wisdom teeth had grown, it can be really bad for the patient for much longer.
I understand that but it is still a load of crap from the pain factor though. I think most people are traumatized by it because of what they hear and already know ahead of time they will be in pain....Pain can be controlled by your mind especially if an individual is already afraid of the procedure......However, I wouldnt recommend getting hit in the face after it either but the article lacks the date he had the procedure. But I am sure it isnt because Tua is afraid or anything like that and he looked to be in decent shape from photos.....
i dont know. tua needs money in the worst way.has plenty of legal problems.
i think tua wouldnt be afraid of going what would amount to be a 4 to 6 rounder with cissee.
surgury to take a wisdom tooth out is heavy.youre fckd up before the surgury and your fckd up after the surgury. it effect your jaw.you got a gash in your mouth that takes time to heel or youre drinking blood.
I had 4 wisdom teeth pulled out in less than a month, 2 being at a time. That whole hype about it hurting and painful is a bunch of shit. They numbed me up taken them out sent me home on my merry way and left the gauze in for an hour. Had taken it out to let air get to it. By evening I was eating soft solid foods like bread and pasta......