Floyd-Arturo: This year's Lewis-Tua

[SacTown1]

I just watched a few rounds of the Lennox Lewis-David Tua fight from back in 2000, and I couldn't help but think that there are many similarities, obviously not so much size-wise and/or style wise, but of the circumstances surrounding the Gatti-Mayweather showdown.....

you got one guy who has 2 main attributes are a left hook and a pretty haircut....

and a defensive fighter who gets accused of being boring, even when he wins big....

I'd rather get a Pryor-Arguello-type of war, but I see this fight being more tactical, and eerily similar to the flow and outcome of Lewis and Tua...

anybody got another analogy of what you think Gatti-Mayweather may end up being similar to????

[guru]

it wont be as onesided as lewis/tua

[Tha Greatest]

All I know is Gatti has a punchers chance of winning...

[SacTown1]

All I know is Gatti has a punchers chance of winning...

well so did Tua! And look what happened there! One-punch fighters will lose to guys with multi-dimensional talent 99% of the time

[paul750]

Tua had broken ribs going into the Lewis fight, i'm not saying he would of won if he didn't, but he may have put on a better performance.

[TheEvilSaint]

gatti's a more complete fighter than tua. the only thing i think that will give floyd the win is floyds superior speed. dont get me wrong, though. i love gatti 1000 times more than i love floyd, but i just dont think that gatti's on par with PBF when it comes to skill.

[Boxerdog]

Well I sure never heard the "ribs excuse" but that was one of the most diasapointing "fights" I can recall.
I can't imagine PBF and Gatti being at all similar. Gatti wouldn't just try to survive if he had a knife in his back.
And PBF is miles better than Lummox.

[TheEvilSaint]

And PBF is miles better than Lummox.

that is ever so true.

[SacTown1]

Tua had broken ribs going into the Lewis fight, i'm not saying he would of won if he didn't, but he may have put on a better performance.

his ribs weren't broken before the fight, a double left hook in round 3 is what broke Tua's ribs, Tua winced, then Lewis clocked him with a huge overhand right, and from that point on the fight was not competitive (I watched it again this morning, it was a brutal left to the body that did it)....so what will Gatti's excuse be? Broken cheekbones? Hands? Ribs?

[TheEvilSaint]

gatti wont need an excuse. win, lose, draw, or no contest, gatti doesnt give excuses. especially against loudmouths like mayweather.