How would David Tua do?

[billeau2]

One legged boxers would struggled to make the count. What's your point?

You really do not see his point? have you watched Tua fight? What punches does he throw? he is a short armed, one armed using fighter... He would always have the potential to catch an opponent... Maybe more in this weak era... But in any strong era he would be circled, avoided, hit with jabs, broken down and finished. Like lewis did... Could a fighter like Ji Zhang do that? don't know... Joshua should be able to do so, s Fury and usyk as well. Wilder? that would be interesting, but at his best Wilder would probably also catch Tua before Tua caught him.

[LowKeyFresh]

You really do not see his point? have you watched Tua fight? What punches does he throw? he is a short armed, one armed using fighter... He would always have the potential to catch an opponent... Maybe more in this weak era... But in any strong era he would be circled, avoided, hit with jabs, broken down and finished. Like lewis did... Could a fighter like Ji Zhang do that? don't know... Joshua should be able to do so, s Fury and usyk as well. Wilder? that would be interesting, but at his best Wilder would probably also catch Tua before Tua caught him.

I really didn't. I did not see David Tua fight at any point in his career. I have watched his highlights and a few of his short fights, but I haven't delved any deeper than that. still have to watch his Lennox and Byrd losses. I didn't get into boxing until the Klitschko era. So you can bust my balls for being born in the 90's, but I made this post asking for the opinions of people that know more than I do otherwise I wouldn't post/lurk here.

[billeau2]

I really didn't. I did not see David Tua fight at any point in his career. I have watched his highlights and a few of his short fights, but I haven't delved any deeper than that. still have to watch his Lennox and Byrd losses. I didn't get into boxing until the Klitschko era. So you can bust my balls for being born in the 90's, but I made this post asking for the opinions of people that know more than I do otherwise I wouldn't post/lurk here.

Not trying to Bust Balls... well, busting balls in a New York City kind of affectionate way lol. Heres the thing. When you were born gives you tremendous understanding of social media and all... You can go to Youtube and watch fights... Highlight reels are not very reliable. There is no shame in having not looked at stuff, it is how we all learn. I mean literally watching a fight, having a sense of what to look for, and forming an educated opinion.

I would seriously recommend you watch Ike Ibeabuchi and the Lennox lewis fights with Tua. You will get a sense of his range. The Rahman fight is good also, but hey! surely you do not want to be watching forever! If you watch one of these, my personal preferences are in the numerical order...Which along with subway fare will get you on the subway!

Take this as gratuitous but may I suggest the following? Look at skills a fighter shows in the ring, how they set up, their footwork, their distance and timing, what punches they throw, if they are defensively responsible...

People often compare Tua to Tyson which again, (subway fare lol) imo is a ridiculous comparison. Tyson could enter faster, (Tua is a plodder), had two hands, either of which he could catch you with, had incredible set up and head movement... Sometimes a fighter pulls it off... Tua did well for having only a left hook to speak of. But defensively responsible fighters should be able to avoid a one punch fighter.

[PBR Streetgang]

I think Tua would do well but he wouldn't dominate. He could be outboxed but, at his best, he was very aggressive and hit hard. I don't really remember the Byrd fight but I recall he suffered a bad rib injury training for the Lewis fight and he was noticeably lethargic in that bout. Later in his career he seemed to lack vigor and I believe his weight was an issue.

Guys who have destructive power always have a resume of highlight reel KOs and sometimes we overrate them and forget their limitations.

[Willow The Wisp]

I really didn't. I did not see David Tua fight at any point in his career. I have watched his highlights and a few of his short fights, but I haven't delved any deeper than that. still have to watch his Lennox and Byrd losses. I didn't get into boxing until the Klitschko era. So you can bust my balls for being born in the 90's, but I made this post asking for the opinions of people that know more than I do otherwise I wouldn't post/lurk here.

Respect for honesty, and placing your desire to keep learning and adding OVER some false pride, pretending "expert" BS, as most posters here do.

Refreshing.

Total Respect.

[QueensburyRules]

How do you think David Tua would fare against today's top heavyweight boxers? I feel he would find quite a bit of success especially he had selective management like we see in modern boxing. So how would he do against; Usyk, Fury, Joshua, Wilder, Zhang, Joyce, Dubois, Hrgovic, Parker, Anderson, Kabayal, etc.?

- - Potentially Tua does well in any era and capable of dominating the smaller heavy eras. His problem was that he needed better management and trainers not that he had bad ones. The team around a fighter is as important as the fighter.

[Clegg]

I think Fury keeps him at range too much, takes a wide UD. Usyk is a bad style match-up for him like Byrd was, tricky southpaw, moves a lot. Tua could beat everybody else though, potentially. He was better than Ruiz in every way so could beat AJ and Parker. I think he'd duck under Wilder's shots and left hook him early.

That's based on Tua at his very best though. He could be inconsistent and so would have subpar performances and maybe losses to guys he should beat if he lived through the current era.

[GhostofDempsey]

I like his odds against Joshua, Ruiz, Parker, and Wilder but those are still 50/50 fights. I don't think he can get inside to do enough damage on Fury, Zhang, or outbox Usyk.

[Guest]

I think Tua would do well but he wouldn't dominate. He could be outboxed but, at his best, he was very aggressive and hit hard. I don't really remember the Byrd fight but I recall he suffered a bad rib injury training for the Lewis fight and he was noticeably lethargic in that bout. Later in his career he seemed to lack vigor and I believe his weight was an issue.

Guys who have destructive power always have a resume of highlight reel KOs and sometimes we overrate them and forget their limitations.

I read an article where Tua said Lewis hurt him in the first round and he said he couldn't do anything after but survive.

He definitely can be outboxed by the top guys in the division now. Of course, he had that left hook which is essentially a puncher's chance against anyone.

[ELPacman]

His KO of Shane Cameron was brutal. I remember watching that thinking, how the hell can a man take a clean shot from this dude. Brutal power.