Prime Tua vs Prime Tyson

[tommy boo boxer]

I dont know i guess tua could throw in some headbutts but thats just asking to get your ear bit off.

i dont remember if it was tyson or dempsey but for like 4 rounds straight they threw punches after the bell. they did win the match though i think thats just 1 more reason why tua couldnt handle a prime tyson....tua's only chance would be to headbutt tyson and sacrafice his ear so tyson gets dq'd

Tua also threw punches after the bell... in Rahman 1 and 2.


it wouldve been a nice fight between these 2

[Verstyle]

a prime tua had power & stamina & a chin a prime tyson had power and ahhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhh id go with tua.

You ever see a prime Tyson get tired?

[Verstyle]

Tua would KO Tyson in 2 rounds.

[WhoreUs]

their power is equal.

mike had the speed and skills advantage.

tua however had the better chin and probably more heart and stamina. maybe that'll be enough.

[Caesar]

i think this would be a very close fight, but I have to say tyson probably would win this fight against tue, because hes is 10 cm bigger

[Sugarj]

I go for peak 1988 Tyson on points, in the late 90s, early 2000s its more of a pickem fight. I'd maybe shade Tua over any Tyson post 1996, but Tyson was well past his prime then.

I'm very suprised so many think that Tua takes this one. I'll bet no one who has picked him to KO Tyson is over 35! Watching peak Tyson in the mid to late 80s was something else, the guy was terrific.

[HughJass]

tyson would blow tua away.tyson wins round 3-4

[sonnyboyx2]

So who do you think wins this one?

Personally I think they are pretty closely matched, however I actually give Tua the edge in power, durability and Heart, I think Tua outlasts Tyson in a slugfest and slowly turns Tysons brains into mush.

Tua is very overated and has lost every time he has fought above class C opponents with the exception of an old Michael Moorer and catching John Ruiz cold, Mike Tyson would do a similar job to what Felix Savon done on David Tua, blow him away in the opening round.

[StarshipTrooper]

Tyson. Mike's straight ahead speed, explosiveness, and combination punching give him a big edge over Tua. I think Tua's chin is too good for a straight out KO but I see him getting beat up to the point where the referee stops it, probably in the middle rounds. Tua had enough power that I wouldn't entirely rule out him stunning Tyson with a left hook and jumping on him prompting the ref to step in.....but I wouldn't put money on it.

Poet

[Slimey Limey]

For any arse acting like Tua is a robot that cannot be hurt, watch the end of the second Rahman fight. He received a left hook right on the button, he did not see coming and crumbled on the canvas. It was after the bell but that's irrelevant. When Tua becomes aggressive, he can be countered and hurt badly, like I saw against Ibeatahoochi and Rahman.

Tyson is fast enough to do so. Tyson by KO in the opening seconds of round 1.