Does tua suck because he legitimately lost to chris byrd?

[deuce_drop]

after fighting ike ibeabuchi tua's training and conditioning went to about 66%, no higher. he started coming into fights bigger and bigger, his punch out put diminished to next to nothing, at least compared to his early fights, and his motivation just got lost.

tua, back in the day was a beast, i think he left a lot in the ring with ibeabuchi, and same with ike, he was never really the same after their fight too. from how i see it, tua dug down deep and gave his all and came up short, and he doesn't want to go through that again, and i think somewhere he doesn't know it, but it's what has made his choices for him since and how his career made out to where it's at, tua doesn't want to go to that place again, and it's showed in his physical shape, mental shape, as well his performances. it's kind of sad, because i like tua, i think he could've really made a good run at being a champion, he had the punch, he used to have the out put, and he most certainly had the chin. just lacked the focus in a few crucial areas.

[Flawless.]

Vitali legitimately lost to Chris Byrd too, but in that case it was vitali who dominated the judges scorecards and only lost because a bone or some **** pulled out of his socket and he didn't want to risk a career ending injury...

Vitali quit against Byrd. Why are you trying to sugar coat it

[Left Hook Tua]

after fighting ike ibeabuchi tua's training and conditioning went to about 66%, no higher. he started coming into fights bigger and bigger, his punch out put diminished to next to nothing, at least compared to his early fights, and his motivation just got lost.

tua, back in the day was a beast, i think he left a lot in the ring with ibeabuchi, and same with ike, he was never really the same after their fight too. from how i see it, tua dug down deep and gave his all and came up short, and he doesn't want to go through that again, and i think somewhere he doesn't know it, but it's what has made his choices for him since and how his career made out to where it's at, tua doesn't want to go to that place again, and it's showed in his physical shape, mental shape, as well his performances. it's kind of sad, because i like tua, i think he could've really made a good run at being a champion, he had the punch, he used to have the out put, and he most certainly had the chin. just lacked the focus in a few crucial areas.

david tua only had 4 weaknesses.





1. height



2. reach



3.



4.

[WLAD_OWNS]

Chris Byrd is a good fighter, he gave Prime Tua a boxing lesson

On a side note, DiegoFuego is an annoying ******

[paul750]

Tua was in very good condition for that fight, much better than for the Lewis fight. He may well have even overtrained. If I remember correctly, he had a good first round and a good last couple of rounds. Tua was hitting Byrd, but it was just on the arms, gloves etc. He possibly could have won on another day, who knows. But I personally think it shows the difference between himself and Ibeabuchi. Ike had the tools to dismantle the good boxers.

[Left Hook Tua]

Tua was in very good condition for that fight, much better than for the Lewis fight. He may well have even overtrained. If I remember correctly, he had a good first round and a good last couple of rounds. Tua was hitting Byrd, but it was just on the arms, gloves etc. He possibly could have won on another day, who knows. But I personally think it shows the difference between himself and Ibeabuchi. Ike had the tools to dismantle the good boxers.

nah......

byrd would beat tua 9 out of 10.

slick boxer......fast hands......good chin......good defense......southpaw.....

bad matchup for the tuaman.

tuaman can hang with anyone that wants to **** with him. if you're a good mover though......tua is gonna have problems and have to rely on that left hook to bail him out.

[11player]

Tua was very unlucky in his career, his promoters were rather incompetent and he is quite inactive.

Just went to an entire year without fighting a single time, waisting precious time in his career.

He lost to Byrd on a bad night, but it could go the other way in a rematch.

Ruiz, Maskaev, Liakhovich, were champs not long ago, all guys Tua can beat.

Well, Tua can still make some nice money in his career, his fights are exciting, but his chances of getting a belt at 36 plus years old are slim to none, can't see him beating any of the Klitchkos or Chagaev. He could work his way to a title shot though.

[paul750]

nah......

byrd would beat tua 9 out of 10.

slick boxer......fast hands......good chin......good defense......southpaw.....

bad matchup for the tuaman.

tuaman can hang with anyone that wants to **** with him. if you're a good mover though......tua is gonna have problems and have to rely on that left hook to bail him out.

Oh I know that. I just meant on another day he may have landed a bomb or whatever. But yeah, 8 or 9 times out of 10 he loses to Byrd. That version of Byrd was still a good one, before he faded a bit.

[Flawless.]

david tua only had 4 weaknesses.





1. height



2. reach



3.



4.

Lord have mercy, that was fucking funny