Slick Boxers vs David Tua

Prime tua, i'd say the power would get to conn eventually, if he tasted that hook its gonna decapitate a small fighter like conn.Its a good question, i'm going away to have a think...

 

chris byrd

walked into his right and stopped all the worries about the left hook. popped a jab when ever david came in. then when on the sinde clinched onto the left arm and banged left up[percuts to the body.maybe the best display i have ever seen from chris byrd.

i know thats no what you wated but i just threw it in.

james toney
great counter right hand great defence nice left hook. and a decent size for tua to not get his shots off.

 

Walcott.

 

Toneys a good choice.Byrd was good was'nt he, considering the power advantage tua has here !

 

Be honest, do you really see Tua landing accumulation of heavy shots on a peak Walcott? I can't envisage such a senario really.

Whilst he ain't as mobile as a, say Tunney, Walcott presents all sorts angles, fients and would use his fantastic movement and footwork to set Tua up will all sorts of shots Tua wouldn't see coming. Tua would struggle against the better technicians in history, Walcott is one of the finest ever.

 

sometimes somthing terirble and important to you can galvanise yourself to win.

yeah it was about round 6. a time when tua knew he wasnt going for a points decision and knew he had alot of time to search for a ko. after a left hook, right hand, left hook chris slipped the right hook and landed a left uppercut to the body and tua just froze and in like a split second you had byrd and tua staring at each with chris knowing he had hurt him...

here is the point that your talking about with tua not able to lift his arms 1:43
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2:28 onwards i think is when tua was REALLY hurt almost lost his legs
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what you mean by that? that byrd didnt hurt tua?















well there is also a belif that vitali's eye was actually fine. it was just photoshopped on


see this was a picture on the night

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Some food for thought,

Izon outboxed Tua
Oleg outboxed Tua
Jeff fu**in Wooden outboxed Tua

As a matter of fact , if you have a ok jab and don't gas out you got the Tuaman beat.

He eventually caught them late but if he does not land his trademark left hook he is done in for.

Conclusion : extremely limited who, similar to Golata, Ruddock etc got a lot of mileage from loosing fights aka " could would maybe will "

 

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Outboxing Tua is one thing, a good consistant jab and movement will be good enough for that. The problem, as said, is that Tua can carry his power through to the last round so you also need the stamina and the focus to keep it going.

Personally...I don't think Tua likes it to the body, it's just that people rarely attack him there. Byrd hurt him as shown above, and a few digs from Lewis to the body really seemed to unsettle him as well.

 

Michael Grant was a dude who watched a fight and thought " I can do that ", he looked sloppy and easily hittable against journeyman and once he remotely stepped up he got exposed. There is nothing in that guys career noteworthy, well,maybe if he would have started fighting at a young age not as a adult. Not a good example and Jeff Wooden is still a poster child for the bum of the month club.