Tua vs. The Greats

[Left Hook Tua]

I'm sorry but "speed" and "Tua should never be used in the same sentence.

Poet

tua had decent enough handspeed.

it was his footwork that was kinda slow. especially after he blew up to 240-250 lbs.

[Left Hook Tua]

who are you trying to fool with remarks like this about David Tua who was never ever a top flight fighter in his whole career. take away his lucky win over John Ruiz and his ko over old michael moorer and he achieved absolutely nothing yet some on here are saying he could beat ATG fighters which is simply taking it all too far.

i don't know what your definition of top flight fighter is......but he was a top 10 contender for almost a decade.

he also had several wins over "champions" even though he never won a belt himself.


lucky punch over ruiz?

[StarshipTrooper]

tua had decent enough handspeed.

it was his footwork that was kinda slow. especially after he blew up to 240-250 lbs.

Kind of slow? His footwork couldn't get more plodding if you tied his ankles together.

Poet

[StarshipTrooper]

I learn a lot from NChristo, he's a good addition to the section.

Considering he's flat-out wrong about damn near everything he posts about I don't see what's there to learn. Regardless, he's no different from any of the other 90% of posters around here that are a waste of time: He's interested in posting propoganda for his favorite fighters rather than having any sort of intellectual stimulation.

Poet

[Left Hook Tua]

Kind of slow? His footwork couldn't get more plodding if you tied his ankles together.

Poet

he wasn't too bad in 220-225 days.

he got really slow when he balloned up to 240-245.


he was fast enough to get close to most of his opponents. not an easy thing when you're giving up 4-5 inches in height and 7-8 inches in reach.

[StarshipTrooper]

he was fast enough to get close to most of his opponents. not an easy thing when you're giving up 4-5 inches in height and 7-8 inches in reach.

You don't really need any kind of speed to get to kind of opponents that make up the bulk of Tua's resume. When he stepped up in class it became a glaring liability.

Poet

[young_robbed]

i think the main thing that this guy is forgetting is that tua wasn't even a champion and lost miserably to most top fighters he fought if he wasnt even a champ in his era how is he going to beat most of these guys who are all time greats and some even regained the title numerous times its simple they went to the top and beat elite opposition tua couldnt beat byrd ibeabuchi lewis and rahman

[Vadrigar.]

The same Tua who was a play doll for Hasim Rahman, one of the worst titilelists ever?

No chance, This is one overrated fighter.

[Left Hook Tua]

You don't really need any kind of speed to get to kind of opponents that make up the bulk of Tua's resume. When he stepped up in class it became a glaring liability.

Poet

and how much speed do you think tua will need to catch the speedy marciano? the slick frazier? the dancing jack johnson?


stepped up in class? as in just lennox lewis right? one fight.


because byrd and ike is pretty much in the same class as guys like maskaev , izon , oquendo , rahman. that level.

and he got a few wins against that "class" of opponents.

[Left Hook Tua]

The same Tua who was a play doll for Hasim Rahman, one of the worst titilelists ever?

No chance, This is one overrated fighter.

no one is overrating him.

we're not even rating anybody here.

we're talking head to head matchups.