Tua-Barrett Discussion Thread

[joe strong]

wow! i thought it was 114-112 barrett.tua still gets his shot....i bet all 3 champions will be lining up now to fight him

[The Hammer]

what big fights?

he only got 1. the lewis fight.


his other big fights he won.


his other 2 losses was byrd and ike which he was favored and wasn't really a big fight.

Why wasn't he fighting better contenders during the past 5 to 8 years? He's fought all journeymen since 2005.

[Left Hook Tua]

depressing night.

good fight from monte.

tua is lucky he didn't lose.


both of them need to retire.

[Guest]

I think we should give major props to Monte Barrett for fighting well tonight.

He took Tua's power. Not many do.


He was cagey crafty and held when he needed too, and mixed it up and adapted when he had to.

[Left Hook Tua]

Why wasn't he fighting better contenders during the past 5 to 8 years? He's fought all journeymen since 2005.

you know he had 2 long layoffs right?

you know he's been past it right?

STFU. go troll against the haye fans.


go tell wlad to rematch corrie sanders and ross puritty.

[joe strong]

before you crap on tua,give monte credit he trained hard,fought a great fight & knocked him down

[BrooklynBomber]

My only thing about Wlad is they kept him away from Sanders.

With good reason of course, but they still did it.

He roared back and is excellent now, but that's a tick on his career in my book.

Tua is done.

That is also not true. After Sanders knocked out Wlad, Wlad had to fight to earn the number 1 contendership in the WBO and was supposed to fight Sanders in the rematch, however it was Sanders who threw the WBO belt and went for WBC ranking(#2 he was) at that point he did not know that it will be Vitaly that he will be facing, since it was before the Vitaly-Johnson fight.
Wlad fought Brewster for the WBO belt, and we all know how that ended. After that point there was literally no point in history where Wlad's fight with Sanders was a viable option. Sanders retired after a loss then came back and lost to some journeyman in 2.

[bunce101]

he shouldve never shaved that afro it use to intimidate opponents

[The Hammer]

I have to say Monte fought his ass off...


115-111 TUA
113-113 draw.


DRAW

The judge who scored it 115-111 for Tua must be in Cedric Kushner's pocket.

I had it 114-112 for Barrett, but I knew he wouldn't get the win.

[JK1700]

Tua has always been overrated. He's only had 3 big fights and was given a boxing lesson every time. He can punch but that's about all he can do, and it suggests something that he couldnt beat Barrett who has 9 losses and is 0-3 in his last 3 fights.