Usyk vs David Tua

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Who wins and how

  1. Usyk KO/TKO

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  2. Tua KO/TKO

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  3. Usyk Decision

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  4. Tua Decision

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  5. Draw

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  1. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tua knocks Franklin's head off. What did he do to warrant this much praise ?
     
  2. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Active Member Full Member

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    Nothing, Tua is just trash, bro barely beat Jeff Wooden by close decision. Who? Exactly. Anyone with a chin and some decent skills can give him trouble. Hell not even decent skills, just have a decent jab and its done.
     
  3. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rahman had a solid jab and got knocked out. Moorer and Ruiz were blasted out in seconds. Maskaev eventually got caught. Tuas level of operation is overrated, not his power. He was still a top contender with a few good wins
     
  4. MaccaveliMacc

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    Byrd too.
     
  5. SouthpawsRule

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    Rahman didn’t get “knocked out”, it was a relatively bad, on-the-feet stoppage and he was up on the cards. He then got robbed in the rematch. Maskaev was glass-chinned, Moorer was inactive and past-prime and Ruiz didn’t have the jab n’ grab style back then.

    Both Tua’s power and level of operation is vastly overrated, he KO’d HWs that weren’t tough at all (who also happened to be his best opponents) and struggled with anyone that could take a punch and jab a little. He makes Andy Ruiz look like Larry Holmes.
     
  6. MarkusFlorez99

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    Result was a knockout

    Rahman got hurt then then hit repeatedly on the ropes. He was wobbly legged when the ref jumped in. Tua would obliterate any version of John Ruiz. Moorer was destroyed, so prime Moorer would just last some rounds longer. Speaking of Ruiz, Tua would punch Andy's head off his shoulders, that dude struggled with a shot Arreola and got dropped. He can't hurt Tua, he can't best him at close range and he doesn't have the feet or the jab to outbox him either. Ruiz isn't even more skilled than Tua, what are you watching
     
  7. SouthpawsRule

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    Nice to see you are still as clueless as ever, but its cool, more and more people are noticing it lol. Btw Arreola probably beats Tua as well.
     
  8. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nobody would agree with you about Tua struggling with Franklin, thankfully nobody liked your comment. Im good

    Tua would beat the crap out of Ruiz
     
  9. SouthpawsRule

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    Nobody agrees with you on anything because you don’t actually watch boxing.
     
  10. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    "Nobody agrees with you on anything"

    Factual incorrect. Tua would still beat morbidly obese Ruiz into a pulp lol
     
  11. SouthpawsRule

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    “Whyte landed 8 jabs on Fury, Fury struggled with him” - MarkusFlorez, 2025
     
  12. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ight bro
     
  13. MarkusFlorez99

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  14. SouthpawsRule

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    I stand by all those btw. Not to mention these are just opinions, you are literally wrong in a provable manner.
     
  15. BCS8

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    Thissss. Tua was great against guys that dared to fight him. Against guys that used their feet and looked to box him, he was much less impressive.
     
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