David Tua vs Earnie Shavers

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  1. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Prime/Prime

    who takes? what round? KO or decision?
     
  2. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i would go for tua by ko ,the better chin wins
     
  3. junior-soprano

    junior-soprano Active Member Full Member

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    hmm both very hard punching guys so i will go with the above : the better chin wins
     
  4. Muchmoore

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    Tua's as safe a pick as you can have against Earnie Shavers.
     
  5. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I would go with Tua, I think he was the better fighter but he should be carefull in his haste because Earnie could repeat the Savon thing with one punch, although Earnie kind of lost it when he stepped up in class
     
  6. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tua, unless Earnie lands first and can capitalize on the damage. This is pretty much a battle of who has a better chin, and who can land first, and I think Tua wins both.
     
  7. Flea Man

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    Shavers one of the few fighters who would have a chance of genuinely sparking Tua, but I think Tua's chin plus his power vs Shavers (who didn't have a great chin)............Tua stoppage within three in an absolute war.
     
  8. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Agreed;

    Tua's big head would crush Earnie's power :yep.
     
  9. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Bummy, dead on ! Great point regarding Savon bout.
     
  10. Muchmoore

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    Tua was a teenager when he fought Savon who was in turn a grown man.

    Using this fight for anything is pretty insane, Quarry's demolition job of a PRIME Shavers tells us a lot more about how this would go.
     
  11. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    finally a realistic unanimous decision at the classic forum.
     
  12. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    You're a ****in ****** pal
     
  13. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The second unanimous decision! :D
     
  14. Flea Man

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    :lol: I checked his Boxrec and apparently he's been owned hundreds of times by even average posters :D
     
  15. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    Great chin beats great punch (it also helps that the great chin in this case (Tua) has a great punch himself) I'd back Tua