Jersey Joe Walcott vs David Tua

IIRC Walcott never even weighed 200 pounds on the scale, right? where as Tua weighed as heavy as 240+ lbs

so yeah, obvious decision is Tua by KO, Walcott is obviously & clearly the more skilled boxer but that weight disadvantage is just too unfair

 

I have faith on my man Jersey Joe to run circles around and prevail over Tua, that glorified journeyman.

 

I suspect that Walcott would outbox him take the decision like Chris Byrd did.

If in doubt go with the more proven operator.

 

I'm normally tempted to go with the bigger guy with the chin, power etc.

But Tua is such a plodder, and Walcott at his best was a superlative boxer.

I think I'll take Walcott on points, with the caveat that if Tua catches up to him, getting knocked out by Marciano will seem like the 'good old days'. And yeah, Tua certainly has a chance of making that happen.

 

Dang, I was expecting to be in the minority here; but it seems the consensus is that Jersey Joe is skilled and slick enough to outbox Tua.

My faith on Classic Forum has been restored.

 

You'd have to push into the depths of your unconsciousness the existence of the Byrd fight. No other way to write off Walcott who was a notorious dancer.

Glorified journeyman is definitely a very rough thing to say about Tua though.

 

Mirrors my thoughts exactly

 

A very, very small chance right

 

I recently posted arguing with @Seamus about his record after his 4 year hiatus, just champion and contenders everywhere. JJW 100% cleaned the division out and at the time he was to fight Louis, in his 2nd career he was 18-3 after clearing against everybody and avenging his losses. JJW’s record after gets checkered but he was really old, fighting champions on 8 occasions in the ring, Rex Layne was also to become the leading contender.

 

Fair point.
"Glorified contender" is acceptable enough?

 

He cleaned out a division already cleaned out of young, fresh talent by a World War. It was a bunch of 100 fight vets, with kids and exemptions, trading wins and losses. You put a fresh Tua in that mix and heads would be flying higher than Churchill during a radio broadcast.

Walcott's old, stiff legs missing a step wouldn't get him out of the way of a Tua throwing bombs non-stop for 12 rounds. The much more limited, much poorer boxer, lighter hitter Marciano tagged him repeatedly in their one legit fight. Tua would wipe the floor.

 

You got a point there.

However, what you mention was a factor affecting everybody, including Walcott and Louis.
Post WWII Louis was a shadow of his former self and Walcott was no spring chicken neither.

Admittedly the post WWII years were not the best HW era ever, but it was a sort of leveled field, where everybody was kinda subpar, but in such environment Walcott was still one of the best fighters around. It would be years before a fresh crop of younger men would rise to the top

 

yesss

 

You wanna do this again Shameus? Huh? Huh? Walcott vs Tua? We debating? I’ve got a bottle of Vodka and I plan on tanning at the beach.