Do you Think Hasim Rahman Won the Second Tua Fight?

[Parody]

Do you think Rahman won? Tua hit him with hard shots agreed, but rahman came good and won a close fight

[deuce_drop]

i had it a draw, even though his jab looked good. sorry to say but he gets lazy inside the ring. he could've seperated himself as the winner had he been more aggressive.

i'm thinking that he's going to get out worked against Toney in their up coming fight.

[ChrististheAnswer2]

He won that fight, that draw was a bad call IMO.

[paul750]

Depends what way you score a fight. Tua was more aggresive, and Rahman was lazy in the second half of the fight. no he didn't deserve to win it, Tua is his daddy. lol

[Parody]

Depends what way you score a fight. Tua was more aggresive, and Rahman was lazy in the second half of the fight. no he didn't deserve to win it, Tua is his daddy. lol

is that how you observe your fights?

[GunStar]

Yes Rahman did win, also Rahman was the only man to put Tua down after the bell at the end of the fight. Tua looked like he was in trouble for a few seconds.

[Parody]

He won that fight, that draw was a bad call IMO.

Agree, Vote please

[Burzum_666]

116-112 for Rahman from me, and I was a big fan of Tua at that time.

[ChrististheAnswer2]

116-112 for Rahman from me, and I was a big fan of Tua at that time.

I had the same score, how you could score the fight for Tua or even a draw is beyond me.

[Parody]

Round 1- The Tuaman enters the ring in what looked like a black mini-skirt. But he’s a Samoan and can get away with that. Rahman looked fat but was agile, beating Tua to the punch on every occasion. Tua was out boxed in first round, where he was fairly ineffective. Rahman out-boxed him and scored more often.

Round 2- Rahman controls the pace, boxing from the center of the ring, keeping a good range and catching Tua with good shots when the Samoan got close. Tua had a mouse under one eye after many of Rahman’s jabs to his face.

Round 3- Seconds into the round, Tua’s nose is bleeding compliments of more Rahman jabs upstairs. Tua has slower reflexes and gets hit often. Rahman is in control.

Round 4- Tua comes in aggressively, charging Rahman, forcing him towards the ropes. He catches Rahman with a few combinations. That’s right, I said combinations, from Tua. He threw the right hand with some success, rocking Rahman, who survives Tua’s output and scores nicely as the round ends, causing Tua’s other eye to swell. I scored this round even since both scored effectively in turn.

Round 5- Tua continues to work hard, following instructions from his trainer, Kevin Barry, who urged him to use his right hand more often. Tua cracks Rahman with left hooks and a few propitious rights. Rahman holds more often and survives another Tua attack. The tide is turning. Tua wins a round.

Round 6- Tua catches Rahman with a left, right combo that hurts him but Rahman shows a good solid chin and again survives what is becoming all Tua. I was impressed by Tua’s output in spite of the extra 20-pounds he was carrying. He seemed in better shape (stamina wise) than I’ve seen him in a long time.

Round 7- Tua connects with a big right hook that staggers Rahman, who covers up and holds to outlast another Tua barrage, but he looks hurt. Tua can smell the blood.

Round 8- Rahman holds and tries to recompose himself. Tua connects big again, Rahman again buckles a bit as Tua forces him towards the ropes where it looked like Tua was going to end it but Rahman bobbed and weaved away from the bombs Tua threw and escaped the worst. Tua threw lots of punches that didn’t connect; unable to finish Rahman, who survives thanks to Tua’s inaccuracy.

Round 9- Rahman jabs, holds and leans, forcing his heavy body onto Tua’s shoulders, pushing him across the ring at times. A tiring Tua punches a lot of air as Rahman retakes control of the fight by out-boxing the Samoan. Rahman wins the round.

Round 10- Tua reduces his activity level, stops throwing the right hand, reverting to being a predictable left hooker. Rahman leads the dance and in a close round, scores more than Tua.

Round 11- A battle ensues. Tua comes back to life and starts throwing bombs in combination form, charging Rahman, who gets off some very big shots of his own, staggering Tua as both exchange blows, Rahman is also hit hard. Both did well enough to call this round even.

Round 12- Tua doesn’t do much early in the round. Rahman tags Tua with jabs and again out-boxes Tua. David came on strong late, catching Rahman with some good shots, almost stealing the round. Against the ropes in the final seconds, Tua whales away, trying to knock out Rahman, who holds his own.

Tua was still swinging as the final bell rang and gets countered by a beautiful Rahman counter left hook right on the jaw and falls down backward on the seat of his mini-skirt. He bounces up right away. The knockdown may not have counted since the fight was technically over. But it made a statement about who might do better against Chris Byrd or Lennox Lewis. At the least, the knock down added to appearance that Rahman won this fight; since Rahman never went down from any of Tua’s many punches. I can’t recall the last fighter to put Tua on the canvas with a punch.

Then came the decision. This is the part of a fight where anything can happen and no one is held accountable. This is the part that makes the casual boxing fans decide that boxing is too corrupt to be taken seriously.


The Judges scores were as follows:

Bill Clancy – 116-114………….. Rahman

* Robert Grasso – 116-112……….. Tua
George Hill – 114-114………….. Even


I scored it: 116-114, scoring the 4th and 11th rounds even.

I don’t know what fight Grasso was watching? Maybe his scorecard was filled out before the opening bell, only God and the Promoters know. Tua fought well, but not well enough to justify Grasso’s scorecard.