AT 36 - Is TUA STILL a THREAT??

My thoughts exactly, Wlad's chin is pure glass. You missed a few names, Panel floored him and Purrity did and knocked him out as well. Anyone that faces Wlad has a punchers chance, especially powerful hitter with a great chin like Tua.

 

Real punchers give Klit trouble. Sure, he'll jab Tua to death. But Tua will have his chances to land big. He had chances against LL, but didn't take advantage, being anemic in the punch department. If he stays in the 230's, he'll have more opportunities. Against LL, he was 245, and was a plodder.

 

Well hes gotta get past Cameron first, which considering how he barely beat Cisse Salif, is by no means a given. Cameron isnt really better than Cisse Salif in my opinion. Im just assuming Tua is back with a new attitude and training regimen since those post-Lewis wilderness years.

Then if he wins hes got to fight some big top 10 guy with some skills and see if he can knock him over, thats a tough ask for Tua even on his best day.

Its Tuas footspeed (and his stamina of course) that let him down once he got big IMO, he beat Ruiz and others by unexpectedly closing the distance, once he got big he was too slow to launch like that against elite guys and they could could just keep him at arms length.

 

All true, Pusnuts. Salif was BIG, Cameron isn't. And Tua fought Salif in his second fight back after a 2 and a half year layoff. Salif fought him in the middle of the ring. Cameron won't/can't, or he'll get knocked out. Tua is in great shape right now, and with the fight 4 weeks off, and his current sparring, he should be ready to go on Oct. 3rd. He's sparring with Israel Garcia. Danny Batchelor may come over. And there's talk of yet another sparring partner coming.

 

Heavyweights keep their opwer in their age - remember Foreman - Moorer. As long as his chin holds up, he might still be dangerous. The problem is the size of these monolithinc HWs is hard for a guy that short.

If he can dispose of Cameron without getting hurt, he should line up a big fight ASAP. Maybe David Haye will duck someone else leaving a slot open for someone like Tua to fill. I'm not sure if the big fighters want to take the risk with a guy like Tua.

 

Tua is still a threat.

 

That's all we're saying. A threat. Not that he's gonna win a belt. Although I hope he does. A lot will depend on how he looks against Cameron.

 

Word is, Tua is training the house down.