I think prime Tua would ko all of the top HWs today

[JakeTheBoxer]

Even Lennox couldn`t stop Tua. Tua had a hell of a chin. Maybe easy to hit, but his chin was made of iron.

[Boxing Goat]

If he can’t ko an in shape Stiverne he wont stop Tua. Did he even drop Duahapas? Tua who likes to give his forehead vs Wilder who breaks his hand every other fights. Bad combo.

Wilder has knocked down every fighter he's faced as a pro and stopped all but 2. Tua is also a lot smaller than most of them. He would have got badly stopped.

[Dariusz]

Wilder has knocked down every fighter he's faced as a pro and stopped all but 2. Tua is also a lot smaller than most of them. He would have got badly stopped.

Wilder never stopped anyone with a great chin. And Tua certainly had a very great chin.

[Boxing Goat]

Even Lennox couldn`t stop Tua. Tua had a hell of a chin. Maybe easy to hit, but his chin was made of iron.

Wilder hits a lot harder than LL

[Boxing Goat]

Wilder never stopped anyone with a great chin. And Tua certainly had a very great chin.

That's speculation, not any kind of fact

[BodiesInFlight]

Time has been kind to the legacy of Tua it seems.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Wilder hits a lot harder than LL

I don`t think so. Even old Stiverne survived 12 rounds in first fight. Wilder couldn`t even drop Duhaupas, a hw with solid chin.

There is zero chance Wilder would stop somebody like Tua.

[Cutthroat]

Tua would be on par with the Takams of the divison, in fact I'm not convinced he could be a prime Takam. He would struggle against guys like Kownacki too. Too small.

-Jeff Wooden was able to outbox Tua, he was able to keep him at bay with the jab and box from outside.

-Chris the "light heavyweight" Byrd out boxed him.

-Rahman dropped him (wasn't counted but it happened) and went the distance with him.


Tua was really short & easy to box from range, he was like a lesser version of Pedvetkin, but nowhere near as effective against rangy guys.

[soul_survivor]

Prime Tua... the fat slob who got hammered for rounds against Lewis...or someone else?

[mlac]

Time has been kind to the legacy of Tua it seems.

i think it speaks more to the fact the top HW's of today are just not very good as opposed to Tua being some kind of legendary monster..