Tua vs Lewis revisited, tuaman vs pugilist specialist

Too much clinching it stunk that fight

 

Tua is simply overrated its as simple as that.

Don't get me wrong he's dangerous due to the fact he can KO anyone at any point in the fight early or late.

Plus he has an iron chin.

But skills wise he is quite limited.

Rahman outboxed Tua twice and needed to hit Rahman after the bell and get a gift stoppage.

Their 2nd fight was a gift draw for Tua aswell.

Byrd comprehensively outboxed Tua.

If Maskaev didn't have a weak chin he would've won a landslide points victory as he won pretty much all of the first 10 rounds before getting caught.

If you stand and trade with Tua he's highly dangerous but if you have a decent jab and box him at distance you really see his limitations.

I like Tua but he is a bit overrated honestly.

 

Tua was a lazy trainer

and terribly overweight for this fight.

He needed to be in Tip-top shape to really have a chance against Lewis

Sadly he blew it badly

 

I think this was Lewis’s best performance.

 

Correction: The Byrd vs Tua fight was competitive.

I agree with everything else, though.

 

I recall Tua had injured his ribs in sparring in the lead up to the bout. Lewis speared him to body in one of the early rounds and Tua was in quicksand from then on. Probably a fight I’ll never watch again and I remember telling friends it had the potential to be a barn burner. It was anything but. Still, a masterful performance from LL who jabbed Tua to death, but didn’t do a great deal more. He didn’t have to.

 

I was at the fight in Vegas, had to get something from my car and accidentally saw Tua pulling up in a big stretch limo. Looked like a big party with guys and girls hanging out the sun roofs and windows, definitely looked like booze and whatever else was part of the party. My brother and I looked at each other and literally both said ‘oh sh…’ at the same time. I don’t think Tua prepared for the fight and at the very least did not appear to be focused on fight night. He fought like he looked arriving, not ready.

After the 1st round, Tua never got close to Lewis, the distance was much more noticeable live than how it looked on tv. Tua’s feet got slower and slower the heavier he got and he was way over his best weight for this fight. Made for a pretty boring night.

 

Masterful performance by Lewis. Tua had absolutely nothing to offer other than dangerous one punch KO but was too slow and timid to pose any kind of threat. His limited skills was always his downfall. Even if Tua took more chances with Lewis he would most likely be eating more power shots and counters which could very likely get himself stopped by Lewis since he was a deadly puncher himself. I remember how highly people thought of Tua as if he was the second coming to Mike Tyson. Lewis made him look second rate in comparison.

Still would have wanted to have seen Mike Tyson against David Tua at the time. I think that would have been a somewhat more competitive fight for Tua compared to when he fought Lewis. Big missed opportunity.

 

Is that Tua in your avatar or Jimmy Thunder (I think that was his name).

 

This or his second bout with Rahman.

 

A bit? He is ridiculously overrated.

If he was called Alan Wilson from UK, he would probably have been underrated.

 

This is an excellent analyses!
Just one big mistake: Lewis did not reign for anywhere near a decade after the fight with Tua.
His last fight was just over 2 & a 1/2 years later.

 

This! ^ He was losing big to Fres Oquendo before catching him. Plus Tua's weight was also his enemy. Fought too heavy late in his career. Dangerous and solid, but limited.