Tua vs King March 19

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  1. diehard

    diehard Active Member Full Member

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  2. standing 8countboxing

    standing 8countboxing Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What? I'm nearly 100 percent sure King DID NOT knock Briggs down once, let alone 3 times.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtrapcV_nGk[/ame]
     
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  3. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    King is from Michigan, maybe that's where the mixup comes from... :deal
     
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  4. stefanoitch

    stefanoitch Well-Known Member Full Member

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    who's king?
     
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  5. THEBODYSHOT

    THEBODYSHOT Active Member Full Member

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    does anybody care. Tua is old and is shot to ****.
     
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  6. diehard

    diehard Active Member Full Member

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    Demetrius King. And the article said he DID knock down Briggs three times.
     
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  7. standing 8countboxing

    standing 8countboxing Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I read that article too, but he didn't knock him down 3 times in that fight. Slow first round, and Briggs stopped him in the second.
     
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  8. diehard

    diehard Active Member Full Member

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    I'll write the author, and see where he got his info. Thanks for pointing it out, standing 8count.
     
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  9. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    Other way around. Briggs is the only fighter to ever knock down King, and even then, he kept getting up. But I've seen the fight before and know he didn't KD Briggs.

    King is short, kinda fat and doesn't throw many punches, but he has a monster chin and huge punching power. He's like a very poor man's version of....David Tua (recent variety, not the young David Tua who would throw 80 punches a round). He's not the type to outbox anyone, but he's scored his fair share of upset knockout victories, including Bowie Tupou.
     
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  10. v2k987

    v2k987 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    DAMN!! Your boxing knowledge is ridiculously good...
     
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  11. twopiece

    twopiece Pugilistic Ambassador Full Member

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    He's one of the most knowledgeable posters on the site who proves it time and time again. :deal
     
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  12. DamonD

    DamonD Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I've seen King fight two or three times, Brickhaus is on the money with him.

    King's a good spoiler type, at one point he had the obscure record of being Boxrec's highest-ranked heavyweight with a sub-0.500 record, but Tua should be too experienced and durable for him.
     
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  13. Mr Fixter

    Mr Fixter Member Full Member

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    Yeah I havent heard of this guy either but he sounds good.

    You obviously cared enough to view this thread. I've wondered what happened to this guy Tua. Im not a big fan of his but I do enjoy watching his fights because he can come up with some big big knockouts.
     
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  14. diehard

    diehard Active Member Full Member

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    The word on the street in NZ is that Tua is fighting King to test his shoulder to make sure it's all right, and to finish this last MTV contract fight. They are fighting in South Auckland, so it's a way of paying back his supporters by going local. Then it looks like Rahman or Barrett next, but I hope instead it'll be a top ten guy.
     
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  15. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    Not that I've looked, but I'd guess that Zack page has that honor these days. Best damn sub-.500 fighter out there, period, at the moment.

    One more thing I've forgot to mention about King is that he usually completely gasses out after about 4 rounds. He's only dangerous early. After that, he likes to get into clinchfests. That probably costed him a decision over Terry Davis, for instance. Then again, Tua has gassed out late his recent fights as well. If this goes deep, expect a lot of hugging.
     
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