I honestly feel very few cold slug with Tua .. Baer was slow and easy to hit .. he was pretty hard punching for sure but not really tested against anything close to today's heavyweights .. it took him a dozen shots to stop a 190 pound, very off Schmeling ,, I'm not blown away but his stopping a Pat Cominsky .. my point is I see a Tua storming out and hurting him ...
Baer had undeniable power but was inconsistent.Tua's kryptonite was good movers with decent jabs. Both had excellent chins.I'll go for Maxie but not with any confidence.
Picking Baer on this one, Tua great punch, great chin never a world champion for a reason! Too inactive always waiting for that big shot and i'll tell you something Baer had a great chin as well and could bang. But i'd pay to watch it anyday!
I was watching Tua vids last night. He actually was very defensively sound. As much as he had a great chin he also didn't get hit as much as you would expect given his style. Baer, on the otherhand, seemed too confident in his reflexes and got nailed more often than necessary. Baer's has to the tools to win this, he just didn't demonstrate the ability.
Joe Frazier clearly had better defense than George Foreman. That is the dynamic here! The poor mans Frazier vs the poor mans Foreman!
Tua was a defensive, patient, two handed slugger with top end power and great endurance. Baer was a sloppy wind-up rock em sock em robot with little science. That is this dynamic here.
So true! In fact, I believe today's stiff, awkward heavyweights could learn a thing or two about craftiness, by studying some old Baer footage. I mean, the way he smoothly slips and rolls with the punches... you don't see much of that these days.
The difference is that Baer proved his wrecking credentials against world class opposition, and Tua did not.
Schmeling,Carnera,Galento.Not exactly a long, stellar list is it? I should expect Tua to stop both Carnera and Galento. I'd also expect him to give Max a real good fight.
