tony tucker v david tua ? prime ?

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  1. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What is so funny? I guarantee you that tons of posters agree with me... Tyson was better overall but shot for shot tua hits harder and was stronger
     
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    Yes, but power on its own, is not worth two buckets of spit!
     
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    To be fair tua was a very good puncher, great finisher,explosive and very good hand speed for a man of his size. Good accuracy, he was more accurate than marciano for example. And he carried his power late.he had real 1 single ko punch, very few guys in history had the level of power of tua
     
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    But he always fell short, when he fought somebody in the top 10!

    Let’s just go with Tucker on this!
     
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    He and Tucker beat about the same number of top ten fighters. Tucker wins this easily though.
     
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    yeah i picked tucker by decisión. But a ko by tua would not be rare
     
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    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    :p.................:rofl.................MIERDA! Your posts are made out of mierda.
     
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    i say tucker via dec / but tucker had fits with tiny non hard punching orlin norris so you just never know but if i was a betting man tucker via 12 rd dec
     
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    shot for shot? maybe tuas left hook is a bit more compact but his right hand is horrible and his jab is horrible
     
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    he lost to byrd and struggled badly with david izon and oleg masuev
     
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    And it proves what? Byrd was hard like hell to hit clean
     
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    His right han was horrible? For sure he was a 2 handed puncher with alot of power in both hands. He did not have a good jab... So what? Marciano and frazier neither did... They did not need it,they are brawlers inside not cute boxers
     
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    Wow.you must be 15 years old, i did think that it was the classic forum.
    Be good today in the school sandra.
    ( forrest gum got better level of spanish than you)