Prime for Prime: David Tua vs Oliver McCall

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  1. andyZOR

    andyZOR Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Two of the greatest chins in recent boxing. Take David from the Ike fight v McCall from the Lewis or Maskev win.

    Both fighters have a bit in common. Both don't have that great boxing skills. oth have a few things in common, and id say Power would be one of them as well has beards. I always wondered tho, who would of won between these two guys? I see this as being a 50/50 fight imo.
     
  2. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Early Tua? He would outwork McCall. No KO here though.
     
  3. andyZOR

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    Yea early. Like I said Prime for Prime age.

    I could see that happening tho. Id say Tua has a bit more boxing skills than McCall. But its close imo.
     
  4. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Very competitive, very close, I think McCall edges him out.
     
  5. huki

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    Tua would make it into a war and force McCall fight on the inside too much, where he's more accurate, more skilled, and has a very high punch output. An 8-4 type of decision by Tua IMO.
     
  6. tays001

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    i agree fully with this
     
  7. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    I think this is right on the money. Tua, at his best, was a cut above McCall.
     
  8. lokethunder

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    tua outhustles him, maybe stuns him but no ko or knockdown
     
  9. andyZOR

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    So Tua Points and Tua T/KO are the biggest choices according to the poll.
     
  10. Svengali

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    Tua on points. Even at his best, McCall could get real lazy in there. He'd fall asleep for rounds at a time, lord knows what his water head was thinking about while conceding point after point.
     
  11. marting

    marting Boxing Addict Full Member

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    McCall's overall skillset is way behind Tua's. McCall relied almost totally on his ability to absorb punishment and deliver unexpected power. Tua has a better jab, better movement, better stamina, better ring intelligence, better almost everything.

    To get a full understanding of just how limited McCall was watch his rematch with Lewis where he is so ineffective and limited that it only begs the question of how in the hell did a guy like Lewis get knocked out by him.

    Tua wins on points. A TKO is a stretch and in no way does anyone cleanly knock out McCall.