Comments Thread For: David Tua's Faith is Driving Him Forward in Life

**LeadUppercut** · 08-08-2011, 09:58 PM

Originally posted by edgarg

I thought that this creature just had a nasty against Pavlik, on another thread, but I see that he has a nasty feeling towards others too. Now I know why he picked that avatar, the guy in it looks as if he's just been hanged. A poster said it was James Earl Ray who murdered Martin Luther King.

So maybe there's a lot more wrong with him than I thought originally....... A sort of head case. For me, he takes up a lot of space that others could more beneficially use.

Great post, elegant, diplomatic, and yet concise.

Nice job.

I gotta try that diplomacy thing sometime.

**Someone88** · 08-10-2011, 01:02 AM

Originally posted by LeadUppercut

Maybe he is humble now.

The problem is, he is done, its easy to be humble when youre done.

Tua was humble before and is now.

**LeadUppercut** · 08-10-2011, 03:35 PM

Originally posted by Someone88

Tua was humble before and is now.

I first saw Tua fight live when he was 16yo.

He became the New Zealand HW champ in that fight.

When he first moved to the states he started acting like a clown, he got that ****** Don King fool-lookin haircut and would continually refer to himself in the third person. He was a fkn idiot.

He is much more mature and humble now.

**gomez1012** · 08-10-2011, 04:09 PM

Tua vs Wlad fall/winter 2011 get it done

**Someone88** · 08-11-2011, 07:46 AM

Originally posted by LeadUppercut

I first saw Tua fight live when he was 16yo.

He became the New Zealand HW champ in that fight.

When he first moved to the states he started acting like a clown, he got that ****** Don King fool-lookin haircut and would continually refer to himself in the third person. He was a fkn idiot.

He is much more mature and humble now.

I'm talking about how Tua respects opponents and how he was and is respectful with family.

**ChopperRead** · 08-11-2011, 08:09 AM

Originally posted by Medved

Tua been hit in his head too much. Yea your "faith". I cant believe people in the 21st century still believe in fairy tales and live their life based on a work of fiction written to control people and make a ton of cash.

I guess it will be "Gods" will when your fat ass gets knocked out

Wait until you get a load of Rick Perry, future president of the USA.

A total born-again, Rapture-loving freak.

**ChopperRead** · 08-11-2011, 08:13 AM

Tua and Barrett are having a contest as to who is more Xian. It's getting nauseating. I'm sick of athletes talking about religion. The idea that God (who doesn't exist) is taking sides in an athletic contest is ludicrous.

**MindBat** · 08-11-2011, 09:53 AM

Originally posted by LeadUppercut

I first saw Tua fight live when he was 16yo.

He became the New Zealand HW champ in that fight.

When he first moved to the states he started acting like a clown, he got that ****** Don King fool-lookin haircut and would continually refer to himself in the third person. He was a fkn idiot.

He is much more mature and humble now.

He just couldn't live up to the Tysonesque mystique people were hoping he would be. Somewhere along the line someone forgot to tell him to just be himself. The Tua brand may have been much more successful if he could only live up to the hype.

Was it bad management? Poor promotion? Limited skills? All of the above?

**ChopperRead** · 08-11-2011, 09:59 AM

Originally posted by MindBat

He just couldn't live up to the Tysonesque mystique people were hoping he would be. Somewhere along the line someone forgot to tell him to just be himself. The Tua brand may have been much more successful if he could only live up to the hype.

Was it bad management? Poor promotion? Limited skills? All of the above?

David was fleeced by his managers and then fleeced by the lawyers who got him away from the managers. Dude had millions and it's all gone now.

That's the only reason he's still fighting. He also owes a mega-tax bill and has had the purses from his last couple of fights taken by the government.

It's also the reason he's gotten so religious. Religion is for people who aren't doing well. The rich don't need God.

**MindBat** · 08-11-2011, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by ChopperRead

David was fleeced by his managers and then fleeced by the lawyers who got him away from the managers. Dude had millions and it's all gone now.

That's the only reason he's still fighting. He also owes a mega-tax bill and has had the purses from his last couple of fights taken by the government.

It's also the reason he's gotten so religious. Religion is for people who aren't doing well. The rich don't need God.

Holy hell, that's a damn shame. I did read about him having issues with his management but didn't follow up on it. I didn't realize it got that bad.

If he could only re-invent himself and start all over again fresh, it would at least bring some solace to some of his hopes and dreams.

But that might be stretching things a bit.