Was Tua a heavy weight lifter?

Ive worked with Tongans,Samoans and Fijians over the years,Id give a slight advantage to Fijians when it comes to height. They seem to produce some real speedsters too,guys who can run really fast. I have seen in powerlifting guys from Nauru and they all seem really short so they must have descended from somewhere else compared to their pacific cuzzies.

 

ive been heavier than 230 at 5 7,part maori. Yeah i was fat. Well i had muscle but my bf was highest its ever been. I agree with posters saying polynesians and maoris struggle with keeping the weight off

 

I think it was the rib injury before the fight that made Tua a bit more tentative than usual. Lewis was very quick on his feet that night too. In light of Andy Ruiz winning titles in arguably worse shape than Tua was,im not sure if being overweight is purely to blame here. Tua had the goods to be heavyweight champ or at least grab a belt as evidenced by his demolition jobs on guys who won belts.

 

i work with a guy that is maori about 6 1 and well over 300 pounds,hes never lifted a weight in his life but has unbelievable quads. They re huge.Yeah his muscle is underneath bf but he was born with size.

 

left school at 13,worked in the shearing sheds pressing which to people in the know,know that that is a tough job so yeah you are right.

 

check out the left hook he landed on Darrell Wilson,ive never seen such a short shot completely render a man unconscious. Remarkable how little a distance that punch travelled. Now im not claiming he hit the hardest but the man hit HARD. A very strong man.

 

im not that knowledgable bro,but in my opinion hes up there. He literally destroyed some good fighters. Sure he had some weaknesses but no one except Ike stood in front of him. That was seriously asking for trouble trading with him,hooks especially.