Donovan ruddock 1991 v David tua of 97 how does it go ???

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  1. Stinkyfish

    Stinkyfish New Member banned Full Member

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    Who wins ruddock of 91 or tua of 97 ?
     
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  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I can’t see Ruddock knocking out Tua and since he abandoned much of his boxing skills to become a puncher I doubt he wins a decision.

    Tua wins one way or another
     
  3. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Our pope is the Holy Spirit Full Member

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    If Ruddock were to trade punches like he did against Mike Tyson, that would be the end. Tua chin is better.
     
  4. Stinkyfish

    Stinkyfish New Member banned Full Member

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    Tuas chin was better than post prison Tyson - I wouldn’t say that about pre prison Tyson !!!! Solid chin !!!! And Rahman dropped tua in the rematch with a left uppercut and dropped tua but it was after the bell !!! Can u imagine ruddocks uppercut which is eons better than rahmans …. I really doubt tua can take those hammers all nite long !!!! Razor ruddock stops David tua in 10 rds … ruddock hits harder then ibeabuchi ( although the volume is much less and he doesn’t jab at all ) but my hunch is that uppercut stops tua
     
  5. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    My first thought, was that Ruddock's body of work inspires more confidence than Tua's.
     
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  7. Stinkyfish

    Stinkyfish New Member banned Full Member

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    Why brutal ko ? If Tyson couldn’t ?
     
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  8. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah I'm not getting this. A still good Tyson couldn't do it, why could Tua? Is Tyson some feather fisted guy now?
     
  9. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Our pope is the Holy Spirit Full Member

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    Tua chin is better than Ruddock chin.
    P.S. There is no need to put 4-5 exclamation marks when you write, unless you have a button stuck on your keyboard.
     
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  10. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well its debatable if Tua had a better chin than Tyson, remember Tyson took beatings before he was finally stopped. And Tyson always took hard single shots very well.

    I don't even think Tua is better than 91 version of Tyson in all honesty, and Tua is definitely not as skillful or as good defensively as Tyson.

    Ruddock also has some good weapons with his uppercut and "Smash" to connect against shorter Tua.

    I think this is a winnable fight for Ruddock but it could go either way with two genuine KO artists.
     
  11. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Our pope is the Holy Spirit Full Member

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    Basically I was going to say that Tua has a better chin than Ruddock.
    I don't know English well. I use google translate all the time, and maybe it sounded different.
     
  12. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah Tua probably has a better chin but he never beat anyone with explosive power of Ruddock.

    Ruddock hits harder than Ibeabuchi IMO, and Ibeabuchi vs Tua was fought mostly at one pace without any real huge punches throughout the fight.

    And whilst Ruddock doesn't have Ibeabuchi's workrate, he'd be more dangerous with his one punch power because he wouldn't be looking to out work Tua. He'd be looking to take his head off with every punch like he did vs Tyson.
     
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