Tua only hope?

I'd love to see that. No one in the HW division today is skilled enough to win a decision against Wlad, they would have to knock him out. Tua could do that. Wlad fighting Chambers, Povektin and other fighters with Malignaggi-like punching power is a waste of time.

I think Vitali will target Tua if he destroys Ahunanya convincingly at the end of this month.

Sure the Klitschko bro's are capable of boxing Tua's ears off. But there is no way any promoter would let Tua get anywhere near a title now. Too much to lose. Now suppose a miracle happened and Tua was #1 IBF challenger, he would be steered towards the WBC and Vitali. These managers are not stupid. Sad but it is not the brothers fault the division is in shambles. But it can be blamed on the title being split three ways. If there was one champion, we'd have alot more top contenders fighting each other and that would seperate the real contenders from the rest of these challengers.

Very little chance for Tua, in this fight he has to take 3 punches for every chance to land 1. His work-rate would have to be insane, but still he's probably the only short heavyweight (besides prime Tyson and Marciano) who I'd not bet money against, due to his unusual durability and power.

its likely his corner would stop it then. i like tua, but he simply would get completely and utterly outboxed. he'd have to land a wild WILD ass bomb, and hope that it was enough. besides - he hasn't done anything lately to show hes even got merit for this discussion. let him beat someone meaningful, then lets talk. Cant disagree with that at all. Friday The 13th has never been stopped or even hurt so it'll be a good stamina test i think. Friday will take a few shots before he goes down but after that Tua needs to finish his current contract(he signed a 3 fight deal with local Maori TV for some unknown fukn reason, hopefully someone in the US will buy it out or something). As you know if the politics are not right then he may not even fight in America or get near a title shot.

No ****ing way man, Tua would never quit. Samoans are one of the hardest races on earth. its likely his corner would stop it then. i like tua, but he simply would get completely and utterly outboxed. he'd have to land a wild WILD ass bomb, and hope that it was enough. besides - he hasn't done anything lately to show hes even got merit for this discussion. let him beat someone meaningful, then lets talk.

tua just needs to finish up his 3-fight contract with maori tv. when he gets that out of the way he can fight better opponents for better networks with a bigger budget. wow, you know your shit. an youre Austrian?

tua would get his ears boxed off and most likely quit on his stool No ****ing way man, Tua would never quit. Samoans are one of the hardest races on earth.

He wont get a shot until 2011 in my opinion. There are too many fighters going for the Klits at the moment and because of Tua's ranking he is easy to turn down for them. Once he gets past Friday Ahunanya and then another step up, their fans may want them to take him on and they would have to retire or face him. I'm still 50/50 over whether Tua can win though.

Odlander Solis will KTFO K bros

boytsov boytsov boytsov only thing that might stand in the way of boytsov getting at a klit is sdunek. if teddy atlas should look to train one heavy its boytsov. denis has the hand speed, power in both hands, aggressiveness and fearlessness to get to wlad. dunno about vitali though. IDK, Boytsov is not the biggest of heavyweights and we've never seen him beat any really good opposition yet. Hopefully he steps it up this year and proves he belongs in the mix...

might as well, I mean who the hell else is there? I don't care if tua hasn't done shit in years. He's a big tough durable guy with power. That is enough reason to fight a klitschko, imo, instead of these rising prospects that get terrorized in the ring. Tua vs a Klitschko would be entertaining. boytsov boytsov boytsov only thing that might stand in the way of boytsov getting at a klit is sdunek. if teddy atlas should look to train one heavy its boytsov. denis has the hand speed, power in both hands, aggressiveness and fearlessness to get to wlad. dunno about vitali though.

might as well, I mean who the hell else is there? I don't care if tua hasn't done shit in years. He's a big tough durable guy with power. That is enough reason to fight a klitschko, imo, instead of these rising prospects that get terrorized in the ring. Tua vs a Klitschko would be entertaining. i agree with u

Even prime Tua is the wrong fighter to beat Wladimir. Wladimir's style and size are like Lennox. Tue did almost nothing against Lennox

Tua gets utterly raped. I really enjoyed the Tua Mans fights....but even in his prime... He had NO advantages against either brother other than a lights out left hook that he would probably never get a chance to land flush with he way the Klit brothers fight backing up till they are ready to hit you in the face. Tua gets stalked, jabbed, and broken. 5 years ago. PRESENT DAY? ....he gets decimated.

Tua's height and reach are too short for him to negotiate the distance to Wlad's chin. It would resemble something like the Chagaev fight. There's no way Tua gets close enough to Klitschko to mount any kind of offense. Wlad is a master at using distance, footwork and range to keep his opponents at bay..

He's too old...Last time he fought anything near a challenge, it was a draw. And that was like 7 years ago.

Barring an out-of-the-blue left hook, Tua gets picked apart on the outside.

David haye