Tua by decision He has a clear speed advantage Both guys had great chins and could take the power of the other.
The way Bert Cooper, who was very tough quit after tasting Foreman's power, and the way Tommy Morrison, one of the hardest punchers in the 90s respected and stayed away from Foreman, makes me think Foreman stops Tua... Too big and too strong, Tua will come straight to him and will get the worst off the exchanges
Bert was much smaller than Tua He also turned his back in several other fights It was generally acknowledged that the Cooper who fought George was in the midst of a drug problem - he had been stopped by Cruiserweight Nate Miller the year before facing George. That wasn't the focused Cooper who fought Mercer in 1990. Morrison had a much weaker chin than Tua and couldn't stand in front of Foreman. It was and acknowledgement of Foreman's power, but also a tactical move by Tommy's team to compensate for Morrison's lack of recsilency. Tommy had previously starched by Mercer and floored several times by Carl Williams. Tua wasn't stopped in his entire career and rarely hurt. We are also talking about an older George. George was beaten to the punch all night long by Moorer, who stayed in the pocket. But, Moorer didn't have a great chin and was sparked out when caught cleanly. Tua, himself did the same thing to Moorer, albeit much faster. Tua would get caught, on occasion, but could shake it off. He also had more power than Moorer. George was certainly tough and could take punishment as evinced by the Holyfield, Moorer and Alex Stewart fights. I can see George getting busted up. Tua might even get a late stoppage. Moore likely, though, he gets a wide decision win. That said, the Foreman who destroyed Joe Frazier would beat Tua in a shootout. I can see that Foreman doing what no one else did - stopping Tua.
Prime Tua was what, 225 lbs? Cooper was around 210 lbs. And Foreman was around 255-260, much bigger and stronger than both. Morrison stayed away from Foreman also cause he didn't think his great power could hurt Foreman... Tua knows only one way to fight and when two guys are gonna slug it out, I favor the bigger and stronger one... Both have great chins so there would be some spectacular exchanges
