David Tua next opponent

I feel if Tua comes out via Brewster, Golota might panic and get layed out, if it gets past the 3 or 4th round, I would probably favor Golota. Tua still has the power, and we all know Golota's reflexes/defense, isnt the best, so even a slow faded Tua left hook could probably land early for him early in the fight. I like both fighters, but me and you both have seen in the past, Golota cant handle early round pressure, and that's exactly what Tua would put him.

 

Fair enough, but I as a huge fan and supporter of Brewster, I wouldnt say he has fast hands, I would say there average, with good power in his hooks. As I said before, if Golota can make it out of the early rounds, which is a big question mark, I could see him winning by decision, I would be happy if either man won.

What's your take on the Vitali/Peter match? Do you actually see it going down? I really believe Golota is going to end up stepping in for Vitali, Peter/Golota would be a fight fans would love to see.

 

Brewster does have faster hands/Hook than Tua, but with Golota's bad defense and reflexes, I see a Tua hook landing at some point, how will Golota react? That's the question.

I hope Vitali wins office, at least that will give him the accuse to back out early, rather than later, so it will at least give Peter time to prepare for whatever oppenent he has to face, I'm hoping it's Golota that will fill the spot, not Ruiz, for obvious reasons.

 

You guys, get real here. Tua hasn´t fought in a long time and is nowhere ready for anyone anywhere nearly as good as Wlad. I watched Tua fight Caisse Salif (if I can spell his name right) and I felt Tua lost that fight. One of the judges even agreed with me on his official scorecard. This was back in 2005 !

I feel sorry for Tua because of how his career went. He defeated a whole bunch of top 10 contenders and sometime champions by KO, including, Ruiz, Rahman, Maskaev and Oquendo, as well as having a close fight with Ibeabuchi.

When Tua went into limbo, he was trying to get a fight first with new WBO champion Corrie Sanders, which the WBO, in an ultimate BS move then didn´t allow (Tua was WBO#1). Then he was supposed to fight Brewster for the vacant belt, but couldn´t because of legal issues. Had Tua been allowed to fight Brewster back then, I would have given him the edge. He might well have won the belt and had a good run with it. Instead he became inactive and would fight only a few fights against tomato cans after that.

 

Frankly, with a number of young prospects and halfway decent contenders, I don't know why names like David Tua, Andrew Golata or John Ruiz are even being thrown around here. No, I'm not implying that there is unlimited talent out there, but for Christ's sake, that are definately more qualified challengers than a few 35+ has beens who aren't even ranked. I didn't even like Andrew Golata in his prime let alone now.

 

Why doesn't he enter this Don King tournament? He has already sign with him.

 

I would like too see Tua vs Haye. That would be deadly. Actually propably deadly for Haye.

 

Maybe its because the young prospects and halfway decent contenders you talk about just aren't as exciting as the heavys from earlier years.

 

This could very well be the case, but I firmly believe that a fighter still has to earn his right to be called a challenger, and what he did 5 or 10 years earlier can't be factored into the equation.

 

Just my opinion but I don't think a lot of "contenders" are earning that right to be a challenger.I mean u get a Ray Austin,who had an average pro career up to that point, drawing with Ibragimov and all of a sudden he's in the ring with Klitschkr Calvin Brock,whose career was pretty much running along the same lines as Austin's,wins against McCline and that puts him in line for a shot.Surely you can't say that gives them more of a right to fight for a title than the Tuaman can you?

 

Colonel Sanders?