Boxing-XPERT Fred Roach On Tua: “He Could’ve Been a ATG, Would Have Outlasted Tyson!!

tyson would destroy tua. im talking about prime tyson. he would be too quick for the tuaman. tyson was also much more skilled

 

I agree that Tua would be more competitive with Tyson in his 30's... He's an underachiever. I also think Tua's chin is overestimated.

He tasted one of Lewis' right hands in the second round and turned into a jab-eater for the rest of the night. He was content to plod forward and not press the issue. He's lucky Lewis was in boring mode that night. If Lewis had turned it up, he would have stopped him I'd bet.

I was never impressed with Tua personally.

 

Prime vs Prime Tyson's speed and technical skills would be too much imo. Tua may get a couple shots in Because of Tyson's lack of inside ability, but he would get totally outboxed and beat imo. Whether it be a stoppage that's hard to say, but if anyone could do it Tyson could.

There is always an outside shot of Tua getting lucky tho. And I don't know about him outlasting Tyson either when he had stamina issues himself and was inconsistent in training. I guess if he shows up in Ibeabuchi-esque form, then that won't be a factor.

 

Well 96/97 it's a different fight. Tyson doesn't have the same speed or accuracy he use to have. I don't think Tua would win though, although this fight is much closer. Tua would have a shot.

 

Tua had a shot when he was fit but I think Tyson did everything better and for the most part was more fit on an aggregate basis....Tua had more stamina and better late power but he never got hit by a Tyson like puncher either

 

I await Bodhi's response.

 

Yeah, it's possible.
Tua might have got one over Tyson sometime during Mike's comback. It would have been one heck of a fight.

Personally, I don't think Tua is as skilled overall as Tyson was, not really even close, but he had that granite chin, massive punch and when he felt like it, could go 12 hard rounds.
That to me is something Tyson didn't want a part of post-prison.
Tua's just one of those guys that, while not being an ATG himself, could upset a few.

As for him being potentially an ATG...I don't think so personally. To me, he never really had the right mental/emotional makeup to make it to those lofty heights. He seemed to go into a shell against Lewis, often went completely off the boil in fights, and could be outboxed by less-than-stellar boxers.

Cream rises to the top eventually no matter what, and Tua didn't get to the very top simply because he just didn't have all the requisite qualities.

 

Ike is completely overrated as a puncher. Fact.

His best KO is a small Hwt , Byrd, and he was getting outboxed until Byrd clowned around and gave him free shots at the ropes.....

I bet my bottom dollar that you have seen only two Ike fights and both highlites on you tube.

Ike went with tomatoecans and clubfighters the distance..........his resume is pure **** if you deduct the close Tua fight and the Byrd win.......and his KO ratio is nothing to write home about.

Lewis I agree, he certainly can crack.

BTW, if Tyson lands the same short right on the button like in the Botha fight Tua is counted out....and as someone above already mentioned, the only exceptional puncher with skill he met was Lewis and after a couple of rights from him Tua went into a shell and was content to loose and go home to mommy. Fact. Tyson hits easily as hard as Lewis and is much, much faster, speed kills. Plus he was hurt significantly by featherpunching Byrd to the body.....Mike would put a way more painful body beating on him.

Freddie Roach is a blabbering idiot.I cannot wait until he grows some balls and lets his one trick pony(lol, similar than Tua) Pac get a go at FMJ so we never hear from him again when his prime fighter gets stopped in a uncompetitive fashion, Tua a possible all time great, lol, if you get outboxed by Jeff Wooden, are clueless if someone sticks a jab in your face while following them around like a puppy and hoping you land a hail marry you are not a ATG, as a matter of fact you are fu**d and that exactly what happened to Tua..........

 

iwasgoingtowriteapostbutthisisaverygoodpostanditotallyagree

 

David Tua is n ATG . Of course he could've outlasted Tyson .
Resided in d top of d heap of contenders of d mid 1990s 2 early 2000s , avoided by
every champion in his reign except from Lewis whom rightfully avoided him inside d ring , got robbed vs Byrd & Ibeabuchi and 4 those 2 bad decisions he gets more criticsm than Thomas Hearns , Joe Louis , Alexis Arguello and Terry Norris and of course Schmelling , Weaver , Page , etc get 4 their stoppage losses .
PPl r idiots , always were and probably will remain 4 at least a long time .

 

Totally agree :good

 

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