Frank Bruno vs. David Tua

Great matchup for Tua. The excellent Tua of the late 90's would brutally kayo big Frank as soon as he caught him with some good shots.

Tua KO 2 Bruno

 

I'd say Bruno outboxes Tua in the early rounds, but as he begins to wear down Tua begins to land some heavy shots and then drops Bruno till he can't get up no more.

Tua wins after 5 rounds via KO.

 

I pick Tua by KO no later than Round 6.

 

No early K.O for Tua here, you bet on it.
Frank was great in the early rounds, he gave Lennox, McCall, Tyson and many more all they could handle early!
Franks jab was great early, it was when he started to gas somewhere between the 6th and 8th rounds that he was in danger.

Tua either knocks Frank out somewhere between the 8th and 12th round, or Frank wins the close unanimous decision, holding on to Tua for his life in the latter stage of the fight.

Frank is underrated, his stamina was his achilles heel, and boy.. was it an achilles heel! Other than that, he was a great boxer, he did great early against many good fighters, Tua would be no exception.

 

Bruno...odd cat.
He's technically a much better fighter than Tua with good fundamentals, but oh that lack of self-belief and his 'deer in headlights' syndrome when he got caught flush and hard...somewhere down the line Tua will exploit that.
Tua TKO 10 after being well behind on points.

 

Ugh.

This would be another heartbreaker for Bruno, jabbing well and leading by a healthy margin on the cards, only for his stamina and Tua's pressure to let him down as he succumbs to a flurry of hooks around the 8th round.

 

Tua wins. No doubt about it, as some have mentioned Bruno had a fine jab and good power. The big flaws which let him down against top class opponents were his suspect stamina, a tendancy to freeze and stand still when hit (he nearly always failed to cover up or clinch in this instance), lacking freedom and fluidity with his movement/footwork (which was robotic) and the fact he so often failed to string more than one punch together a majority of the time.

Tua TKO8.

 

similar to tua vs maskaev. frank jabs and piles up the points, tua plods........but catches him late

tua tko 11!

 

It is true. Bruno outboxes Tua but eventually succumbs to that devastating hook.

 

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im thinking a knockout by tua

bruno usually stiffs up against faster guys and tua is small enough not to get clinched and grabed on to like lewis even tyson.


i would think a tough early start with burno winning then a left hook form tua changing the whole tempo of the fight. bruno slows dramaticly and keeps going face first on to left hooks and right hands.

bruno gets stopped on his feet

 

Bruno would land the jab early on and some other right hands and hooks but Tua would eventually land the bomb and put Frank on the road to concussion

 

Bruno via UD, with some scary moments late in the fight.

 

He outjabs a short man with tiny arms.

Tua is good, but I don't think he has the physical tools to get Bruno in trouble until real late, and I doubt he can finish him. Tua is overrated - he's a short left hook with short legs. His fundamentals aren't impressive, either.

It's quite a bit easier to choke against Lewis and Tyson than it is to choke against Tua.