I'll go with the safe route and say Haye over Tua by decision. Tua is old and his legs are gone. Haye is young and powerful. He moves fast for a guy his size. Plus he wobbled Valuev.
sorry mate, but I must disagree with you! I appreciate that David Tua is a world class fighter who for whatever reason has not fulfilled his obvious potential, but one of the best heavyweights ever? No. He fought a great in Lennox Lewis and in the words of Diehard on this post, (who is a big Tua fan I believe), he got well beat (actually the word he used was humiliated, but whilst it was a rather timid performance by Tua I may consider "Humiliated" too strong a word)! "Mad" Ike Ibeauchi also ensured that Tua came off second best in their epic encounter (I don't know if you've seen that fight, if you haven't it is a "Must watch"!). Whenever I consider Tua I always think "What if" because I always get the feeling that he could have been so much better. But then so could Tyson, Ali (We probably never did see him at his peak, did we?) and plenty other great/good fighters. I can't rank fighters on how good they "May" have been, only on what they have actually achieved and in Tua's case he probably have achieved much more., so I can appreciate your frustration and like you I hope that he "Goes for it" and wins many more fights to come. And if he does as you think he will (And he may) I will be the first to congratulate you and David (and re-adjust my assessment of him accordingly!).
Words: Cameron was ranked #6 by the WBO. Undeserved in my opinion, but there you go. Tua should have at least 3 fights under his belt before he faced Haye. But Haye has to get past Ruiz. Haye would have a better chance against Tua (speed) than either Klit. All three would KO him though.
correct e if im wrong but isnt tua just loved for being a brutal ko artist . i think i every one gets there thinking hats on they will surly decide to back haye . you have to consider tuas age and hayes boxing skills power and most importently speed dont just vote for tua becoz you like the klits and love tua or just hate haye rely have a good think about it
I'm tired of Tua. Where in the hell has he been all these year. He needs to earn his shot. I'm tired of all the talk while fighting a tomato can once a year. If tua is still any good he may ko Haye. I think haye would try to run and outbox Tua. But if Tua lands I don'tthink haye can take the punch. I'm just not sold on Hayes chin and Stamina.
To clarify: Klit, Klit, and Tua would all KO Haye. Haye might do well against Ruiz, if he fights smart, uses movement and speed. But I'd call it a pick 'em fight.