David Tua is a beast

[nomadman]

I was just about to say Tua is more comparable to Frazier.

Tua didn't have anywhere near the upper body movement that Frazier did, which was a big part of his offense. There's no one I can think of who's really comparable to Tua, stylistically.

[nomadman]

if anything tua is more like a fatter , slower , less active version of frazier with more pop.

they both were left hook happy.

Prime Tua was neither fat nor slow. His handspeed was greatly underrated/overlooked. Even the tubby Tua of today's handspeed is nothing to sniff about.

[Shabba Rank$]

Tua didn't have anywhere near the upper body movement that Frazier did, which was a big part of his offense. There's no one I can think of who's really comparable to Tua, stylistically.

Frazier is more comparable to Tua than Tyson is.

[Left Hook Tua]

Tua didn't have anywhere near the upper body movement that Frazier did, which was a big part of his offense. There's no one I can think of who's really comparable to Tua, stylistically.

he doesn't. that's why i said fatter , slower , less active version.

his style is more similar to fraziers than tyson's though.

Prime Tua was neither fat nor slow. His handspeed was greatly underrated/overlooked. Even the tubby Tua of today's handspeed is nothing to sniff about.

prime tua wasn't fat or slow but he was fatter and slower than frazier.

that's why i said fatter , slower version of frazier.

tua is much thicker than joe , even when he was only 225 or so in his prime.

[nomadman]

Frazier is more comparable to Tua than Tyson is.

Not in punching power.

[Left Hook Tua]

Not in punching power.

well tua is much bigger and stronger.

frazier had good pop but nothing like tua had.

[Shabba Rank$]

Not in punching power.

I'm just saying that Frazier was much more comparable to Tua than Tyson is to Tua...

[nomadman]

tua is much thicker than joe , even when he was only 225 or so in his prime.

When he was 225 though he was extremely dense muscularly. I'd say he was at least of a comparable bodyfat then to Frazier. I also would say his handspeed was/is at least of a comparable speed to Frazier's.

[nomadman]

I'm just saying that Frazier was much more comparable to Tua than Tyson is to Tua...

Fair enough, but I never compared Tua stylistically to Tyson in this thread.

[nomadman]

well tua is much bigger and stronger.

frazier had good pop but nothing like tua had.

Well he's denser and stronger and throws his left hook in a much more compact way. There really aren't too many guys who had comparable power in any one single shot like Tua had/has.