David Tua v.s George Foreman

Foreman-Frazier all over again

 

And? Ibeabuchi isn't even on the level below Foreman. Lewis is a hard puncher but still on a bigger puncher than Foreman, and he boxed primarily in a cautious manner off the back foot.

Foreman would slaughter him. Look at the Frazier fight? You think it would be any different? Tua is no bigger or strong than Frazier and has no extra tools to keep Foreman off him.

He's also more hittable than Frazier, so he'd be incurring the same punishment if not far more. You think Tua could stand up to all those bombs that Frazier took for 12 rounds? No chance. He gets destroyed in a few minutes.

 

Foreman.Tua is a hard man and probably would have to be stopped on his feet.I just dont see a way for him to win this fight at all.

 

Naw, Tua would be a lot more tentative after tasting the power and wouldn't keep walking in taking bombs like Frazier did.

Foreman pummells him. The only thing going for The Tuaman here is his tremendous late round power, he'd have to hope to pull a Lamon Brewster here.

 

I pick Foreman here too but Tua is quite a lot bigger and stronger than Frazier, no denying that.
I also would disagree with the more hittable part with regards to this matchup. With Frazier's style he was open for monstrous uppercuts, Tua had a vastly different style and was more open for jabs and straight punches than uppercuts.

 

I disagree on some of this. I think Tua was much stronger than Frazier and could pack more power into one punch than Frazier could. Defensively, he tends to be underrated. He also had a better chin. We're talking about someone who was never dropped or even took a backwards step (until his last fight, at the very end of it). I'm not picking Tua to win, but he's not just a worse version of Frazier. I could see Foreman having to box and/or gassing out late and getting knocked around the ring.

 

Tua is much closer stylewise to Marciano than Frazier or Tyson who he more often gets compared to for some reason.

 

It would take more than a single big punch to stop Foreman.

Besides, Tua would be steamrolled early, no doubt.

 

I wouldn't say Tua has a better chin than Frazier.

The only elite level puncher he faced was Lewis, who boxed cautiously but should still have won by stoppage.

Foreman isn't going to fight Tua the way Lennox did, that's for sure.

Tua gets banged out early for me, definitely inside three.

 

In a battle of punchers no one can be sure, Foreman was dropped by Lyle, Tua can do it. I would lean towards Big George who has gotten off the floor to win but Foreman did avoid the punchers and the awkward brawlers of his day. The only thing that makes me doubt Tua, is that in retrospect when Lennox checked him with a power punch and let him feel the power it kept him at bay the rest of the night, a silent agreement of sorts not to step out.