How would David Tua do in the current heavyweight division?

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  1. tommyg6

    tommyg6 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A prime David Tua would be a force in the current heavyweight division. He would most certainly destroy the Bronze Bomber and Parker I imagine. Only Joshua and Klitschko are guys that could give Tua a challenge imo.

    Thoughts?
     
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    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    That chubby Hawaiian would get ruined by Tony Bellew.
     
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    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    Tua would beat Wlad, Wilder, and even the ROIDED version of Povetkin. Maybe Joshua could keep him at bay with the 1-2s long enough to outpoint him.
    Tua would wreck fat Fury, his cousin, David Haye with or without the toe, Bellew....
     
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    MUFA$A FEAR * THE * TANK Full Member

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    David Tua would spank every current HW in todays era..

    And i would enjoy every min of it.
     
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  5. Lith

    Lith Boxing Addict Full Member

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    LOL! The giants of the division wouldn't be well suited to Tua, but Tua vs Bellew would be a Tua win by decapitation.
     
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    Fury would outbox him similar to how Lewis & Byrd did.
    I could see Tua KOing the likes of Wilder & AJ who are not good enough boxers to keep him at the end of a jab, they rely on power but Tua had a great chin and would eventually land his left hook IMO.
     
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    Kratos Well-Known Member Full Member

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    dude would hold the 5 belts with ease.
     
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    pincai The Indonesian Thin Man Full Member

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    They all have suspect chin, Tua destroys all of them. Only wlad has the experience and it would still be intense. Tua is more dangerous than Samuel Peter.
     
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    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Fury--Tua loses unless he lands something big and knocks him out
    Klitschko--Tua loses unless he lands something big and knocks him out
    Pulev--Tua loses unless he lands something big and knocks him out
    Povetkin--Tua loses unless he lands something big and knocks him out
    Wilder--Tua loses unless he lands something big and knocks him out
    Ortiz--Tua loses unless he lands something big and knocks him out
    Joshua--Tua loses unless he lands something big and knocks him out
     
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    Tua would be solid in every era.

    That said, there are some big, big guys floating around now.

    Fight I'd want to see would be Povetkin / Tua. Oh, yeah!
     
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    pincai The Indonesian Thin Man Full Member

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    Bombs away!!
     
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    pincai The Indonesian Thin Man Full Member

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    I like Tua Wilder. Will Tua chop this tree down or Wilder broke his hand on Tua's cranium? Lol
     
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    Enjoy. Regardless on how his career ended up...there is no doubt he was fun to watch when he started loading up his punches...
     
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    There's no doubt in my mind that Wilder would be like a bone tossed to a starving wolf against Tua.

    I simply cannot see the Wilder that got outboxed and driven back by the jabs of featherfist Washington surviving the sort of bombs that Tua brings to the party.
     
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    You're just trying to get a rise out of people! You know there's a difference between Samoans and Hawaiians, but like an a$$ you make an ignorant statement like that! SMH
     
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