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. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Who wins this one?
     
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  2. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Usyk wins by wide UD Tua hasn't got the footwork or boxing skills to trouble Usyk.
     
  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Remember, Tua knocked out Michael Moorer, a fellow southpaw of Usyk
     
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    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  5. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Moorer had a shaky chin at Heavyweight unlike Usyk who has an iron chin plus Moorer was considerably past his best.

    Tua was made to look pedestrian by the likes of Rahman, Maskaev. Tua would never consistently get close enough to Usyk who would run rings around Tua all night long.

    You also mentioned a Southpaw in Moorer but also forget another tricky Southpaw in Byrd beat Tua pretty comprehensively.
     
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  6. TNSNO1878

    TNSNO1878 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It'd be a more competitive fight than people think, but I'd have Usyk winning on points. Tua was part of a crop that has nothing on this current list of B-rate operators that Usyk has breezed through with complete ease. If Breidis can take rounds off him, then a relentless come-forward fighter with an iron chin and major KO power would have some success.

    Tua won a medal at the world amateurs, too, but he gets this unfair label that he was too one-dimensional. While he was too crude against the likes of Lennox, he was not as crude as Chisora is, and he was more skilled, more powerful, and had a much better chin. If he was firing on all cylinders he would 100% be a problem for Usyk, I'd still back Usyk to win though.
     
  7. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Moorer has one of the weakest chins of any champ, Usyk the best. Usyk is also a great deal faster.

    Usyk wins most of the rounds but he knows he's been in a fight.
     
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  8. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The version of Tua that went to war with Ibeabuchi would beat the hell out of Usyk,and stop him best version vs best version at heavyweight.
    Usyk wins only against the lackadaisical version of Tua, which we saw far to many times.
     
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  9. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Tua would probably lose to Jermaine Franklin
     
  10. Philosopher

    Philosopher Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Best Usyk beats best Tua for me, competitive but wide. The Ibeabuchi fight was only such a great fight because both men chose to fight that way. Usyk would not. He'd have Tua off balance the whole fight, not let him set his feet, and win a wide decision.
     
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  11. Fergy

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    I'm not one of those that thinks Usyk beats the entire 70s division blindfolded, but yes he wins this fight completely.
     
  12. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Stop trolling, Tua would KO Whyte and Joshua
     
  13. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    Yeah this screams quite clearly an Usyk decision.

    Tua could win a few rounds though but the skill level is too wide in the end.

    Decent fight though.
     
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  14. Devon

    Devon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Usyk would outbox him and see everything coming a mile off from Tua.
     
  15. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    LMAOOOO.

    Even trolling aside Tua AT BEST wins a close MD decision over Franklin btw.