George Foreman (1991) -vs- David Tua (1998)…

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  1. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thoughts? Could be interesting.
     
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  2. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Could be a painful fight for George.
    Maybe like the Stewart fight but worse for him.
     
  3. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You think so? I mean certainly not out of the realm of possibility. I’m not too sure, myself.
     
  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Tua would beat the crap out of him. Foreman would never take the fight after struggling with Qawi.
     
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  5. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is Foreman years after that, though. I didn’t pick the fat Tua of post-2000, you’ll notice, & so in fairness this is not the Foreman of the Qawi fight either.
     
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  6. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    It's an even older Foreman who was lucky to get by Stewart.
     
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  7. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You feel Foreman regressed after Qawi? I don’t see that at all.
     
  8. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Same guy. It's not like he bulldozed Orlin Norris in 91 to prove that he had improved.
     
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  9. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Tua wears him down and George does not go the distance ... George was too slow and did not have the volume of punching needed to keep Tua off him for twelve rounds and Tua was a monster puncher ..
     
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  10. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foreman of 1973.....why does everyone pick the fat older Foreman past his prime in these "Fantasy Fights?"
     
  11. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tua isn’t in young Foreman’s class. The result would not be in doubt.
     
  12. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Old Foreman's cross arm defense and ability to parry is too good. Foreman's jab is too good and rangy. Foreman's right hand is too good and heavy, Foreman's chin is too good. Foreman's power is more than enough to keep Tua honest. I don't see any road to Tua winning this fight. Foreman is a horrendous style for Tua.

    Tua would honestly have a better chance against young gunslinging Foreman than old Foreman, and I wouldn't give him much chance against him either.
     
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  13. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hi Buddy.
    Good point, furthermore why do posters continually do that, invariable one of the fighters is pitched when either old, or fat, or both, why do this, let's have them at their very best for an honest assessment as to who would win when both are in their prime.
    stay safe Rocky, chat soon.
     
  14. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I wonder how aggressive Tua would be after eating one of George's right hands, I mean Tua is going to come at George Foreman?
     
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  15. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Because it isn’t a match if Tua faces prime Foreman. They are wildly different in class.
     
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