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Just wondering why there is no love for David Tua coming back and knocking this kat the **** out in one and a half rounds....am I the only one glad that he is back knocking people out????
Saturday at Hamilton, New Zealand
Heavyweight
David Tua TKO2 Shane Cameron
Records: Tua, 50-3-1, 43 KOs; Cameron, 23-2, 20 KOs
Rafael's remark: It's nice to have Tua back, especially after this devastating performance against New Zealand countryman Cameron. Out of action for 25 months -- his second two-year layoff since 2003 -- Tua returned in smashing fashion. Although Tua is now 36, this performance harkened back to the days in the mid- and late 1990s, when he was destroying good fighters such as John Ruiz, Oleg Maskaev, Darroll Wilson and Hasim Rahman with big knockouts. Nobody is going to mistake the 31-year-old Cameron for a top contender, but in New Zealand this was a massive showdown dubbed the fight of the century. Tua, however, made it a mismatch.
Looking in solid shape at 237 pounds, Tua dropped Cameron twice in the opening round. Tua's left hand is still his money punch and he used it. He hurt Cameron with a left hook, continued to fire away and then dumped him into the ropes with a left uppercut. When the fight resumed, Tua dropped Cameron to all fours during an immediate onslaught near the end of the round. For unknown reasons, referee Bruce McTavish gave Cameron extra time to recover and the round ended without Tua having a chance to throw another punch. Frankly, the fight should have been over in the first round. Alas, they went to the second and it didn't last long. Seven seconds into the round, Tua obliterated Cameron with combinations, crushing him with a right hand and a fight-ending left hook that knocked the now-bloody Cameron down again near the ropes.
Tua, who amazingly only fought for a world title once when he was dominated by then-champion Lennox Lewis in a lopsided decision loss in 2001 -- has had multiple long layoffs in recent years for various reasons, including a severe falling out with his previous management and an ensuing court case. Maybe the time off will put him back into a fighting frame of mind, which would be great for the division. With Tua you know what you're going to get. He's a one-dimensional pressure fighter, but when he lands his left hand, he can knock any man on Earth out cold. That's what we like to see in heavyweights. Hopefully, it won't be another two years until Tua is back in the ring.
Saturday at Hamilton, New Zealand
Heavyweight
David Tua TKO2 Shane Cameron
Records: Tua, 50-3-1, 43 KOs; Cameron, 23-2, 20 KOs
Rafael's remark: It's nice to have Tua back, especially after this devastating performance against New Zealand countryman Cameron. Out of action for 25 months -- his second two-year layoff since 2003 -- Tua returned in smashing fashion. Although Tua is now 36, this performance harkened back to the days in the mid- and late 1990s, when he was destroying good fighters such as John Ruiz, Oleg Maskaev, Darroll Wilson and Hasim Rahman with big knockouts. Nobody is going to mistake the 31-year-old Cameron for a top contender, but in New Zealand this was a massive showdown dubbed the fight of the century. Tua, however, made it a mismatch.
Looking in solid shape at 237 pounds, Tua dropped Cameron twice in the opening round. Tua's left hand is still his money punch and he used it. He hurt Cameron with a left hook, continued to fire away and then dumped him into the ropes with a left uppercut. When the fight resumed, Tua dropped Cameron to all fours during an immediate onslaught near the end of the round. For unknown reasons, referee Bruce McTavish gave Cameron extra time to recover and the round ended without Tua having a chance to throw another punch. Frankly, the fight should have been over in the first round. Alas, they went to the second and it didn't last long. Seven seconds into the round, Tua obliterated Cameron with combinations, crushing him with a right hand and a fight-ending left hook that knocked the now-bloody Cameron down again near the ropes.
Tua, who amazingly only fought for a world title once when he was dominated by then-champion Lennox Lewis in a lopsided decision loss in 2001 -- has had multiple long layoffs in recent years for various reasons, including a severe falling out with his previous management and an ensuing court case. Maybe the time off will put him back into a fighting frame of mind, which would be great for the division. With Tua you know what you're going to get. He's a one-dimensional pressure fighter, but when he lands his left hand, he can knock any man on Earth out cold. That's what we like to see in heavyweights. Hopefully, it won't be another two years until Tua is back in the ring.
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