A friend of mine asked me about this particular matchup the other day. If Chris Bryd and Hasim Rahman can outbox Tua, then I have no doubts that a sand dancing slickster like Walcott could really make things difficult for the Throwin Samoan. However, what if Tua caught Walcott? I really think this fight might play out like Walcott/Marciano 1, with Walcott constantly misleading and outboxing Tua for a long while, but later getting KO'd by one power shot. What do you think?
It depends which version of Tua shows up. If it was the lethargic version of the Byrd fight I could honestly see Walcott getting a TKO.
I actually think the version Byrd beat was one of the better Tua's we've seen. His weight was the lowest it had been in years (lower than vs Lewis, for instance), and all reports were that he trained really hard. Byrd just outclassed him in the skill and speed department. Very impressive. I'd assume Walcott does the same, but Tua always has that puncher's chance of course.
When I first saw this I thought, maybe Janitor is going to finally surprise me.. But after seeing this, I was quickly brought back to the reality of " now that's the Janitor I know. "
walcott at his best was EXTREMELY hard to hit and one of the divisions all time best counterpunchers. I don't think he'd hurt tua too badly, probably catch him with some sneaky rights but he'd outbox him clearly
Walcott would out box Tua and would get a nice UD. Although as others have stated Tua does have the punchers chance.
Walcott hit hard, and was good at setting opponent up for a big shot too. The Ike Ibauchi (Sp?) fight made him look like he could take shot, but Ike was not a hard a hitter as some people think, he had all those muscles but ot the punch to match (Usually the case with fighters) I think Walcott ko's him.
Either Walcott walks it or gets caught late and kayod. I think this would actually be a really fun fight to watch. Walcott has the skills but he can't afford to take much abuse from such a heavy (and heavier) puncher.