prime4prime who wins? Foreman weighed about 218 in his prime 6'3 Tua weighed around 225 in his prime 5'9 and half I must point out that Tua doesnt get hit as much as you think. the guys defense is very underrated, its not easy to hit tua clean, or at all. you all know about his chin, he's mentally very tough also. we all know about foreman, he can be hit and his chin can be dented. however his strength/power with that power jab and uppercuts can ko almost anyone. both have similar power, tua is more stronger though. i see this being a fight fought at close range, like the ike ibeabuchi fight, unless foreman decides to back up which i dont think he will do, cos he knows that circling is a better option. i expect it to be a short explosive fight. but imo foremans defense lets him down. thoughts?
George was the more consistent fighter, obviously, but I think a young Tua would hang in there and stop Foreman in the later rounds. Foreman is very strong, yes, but didn't quite have the tools, certianly not near the defense that Lewis had: Tua would be getting inside and landing. Tua has a better chin than Frazier and was a stronger starter. This is nothing to do with who had a better career, it's just I give Tua an edge head to head if he shows up. Call me crazy, but hey.
I'll add that Tua was a better inside fighter than Tyson, when he gets there he'll eventually wreak havok.
I agree, Tua has a live chance here. The only guy who Foreman exchanges punches with was Lyle, who nearly had him out of there. And Tua hits much harder and sharper than Lyle. That is not a guarantee for success of course, but lighter hitters like Ali and Young also had Foreman down. Now he was tired when those occured, but whose to say he won't tire against Tua? The Samoan proved he could stand and trade for 12 rounds against Ibeabuchi and has the better chin by far. The height difference (i've always thought Foreman was 6'4, he looks taller than Ali and Norton) will take some steam of Tua's punches, though.
I'm more in agreeance with this. He'd be handily outboxed by a large number of top Heavies over time. Foreman would be interesting though.
Because he's one of the hardest bangers in heavy history n had one of the best chins as well.He may have failed in his big fights.but an on point tua is very very dangerous
Sluuging with Tua is not a good idea.What would big George do box him like lewis? nah.He gets beat at his own game
**** chinned?? Stopped once more from exhaustion and downed another time against Young for the same reasons. That leaves us with two legit knockdowns against a very good puncher in Lyle in a fight he got off the floor to win.Hardly the stuff **** chins are made of. Plus he earns bonus points for coming back as a fat old man and lasting the distance and on his feet with a prime Evander Holyfield (something that Tyson couldn't do against an old Holyfield),and a big punching Tommy Morrison. As for Tua he's close to the most overrated fighter out there.Good yes,but the fact he couldn't land a belt fighting in an era when guys like Rahman,Botha and Byrd could speaks volumes about his abilities.
Foreman easily. LOL the stupidity of posters on this site is funny, George Foreman wasn't **** chinned seriously go and watch some fights ******.
Foreman wasnt **** chinned. did you see the punches he took in his comeback fights? against moorer, holyfield and the crazy left hooks he took from morrison? anyways... i think the older foreman was overall better. he was stronger, punched harder, paced himself, had a defense, and his chin proved to be granitish. the younger smaller foreman loses imo, however the older one would give tua his hardest fight ever.