The fight that never happened that I wanted to see more than any other at this time was Tua-Tyson. Tua was not good against taller fighters but, wow, it would have been a war between those two. I actually think Tua would have KO'd Tyson. Tua had the better chin without question. Tua was one of my all-time favorites.
No, Universal. Kevin Barry and Tua broke up around the time that Tua turned 31. Tua's KO's of Moorer and Rahman could have allowed him to really gun for the title again But he never did. Ended his career mostly old and broke - and it seemed to be his own doing.
Loved Ray Mercer. Tough tough guy. Great KO. Ref should have stopped that last shot buuuuuuut it was a devastating shot
Well the most recent single lights out punch was the uppercut Povetkin landed on Whyte: This content is protected
Correct me if im wrong but Tua fought Robert Daniels who was a cruiserweight and blew him away before taking on the might of Lennox Lewis. Now im no expert but really he sat on his ranking taking no risks for too long before having a crack at the champ. Perhaps its a smart move financially to minimise risk on the way to a huge payday but its not really good physical preparation.
I don;t know what happened to Tua mentally After he left Barry, he seemed to lose heart and never did much of anything for years at a time
Tua's last left hook on Ruiz was like the last hook Ruddock landed on Dokes. Both of them were already unconscious on their feet, on the ropes, and then took one more brutal hook on the way down. This content is protected This content is protected
Tua was one of the hardest punchers in HW history. He looked like he killed people when he landed clean.
Not full leverage at all. Definitely a clean hard shot, but full leverage would have needed him to take a step back with his left foot, plant it and then put his body weight behind the punch. In this video, his legs are parallel and too spread apart, that means there is no way to hit with all you've got.