What Does This Fight Say About Tua?

Rhymes with Whoa gives a damn anymore?

 

Now he is perfect to fight a Klitschko. These ****in cherrypickin brothers! They are already ducking Barrett!

 

Its common sense! The bitchkos are only good because they are big

They are ducking Dimitrenko, Barrett, Nielsen and Holyfield! Why they never fight the real great fighters?!

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl your ****ing kidding.

 

38 is very old for a very short HW who's power has left him to a degree and who's feet, which were never great to begin with, make him look like he's walking in wet cement. The last point is extremely important as Tua gives up 4-5 inches in almost every fight and has found it increasingly difficult to get within range to land anything of subtance. If he's unable to consistently land anything of substance and gets outworked(David has never been known for his work rate) then he's swimming against the current IMO.

 

Nothing, he's shot to ****.

It's the truth, dispute it however you may wish, but it doesn't change the fact that the Tua who fought Ibeabuchi would put Monte Barrett away in a few rounds.

 

This potentially good thread needs to be sprayed for trolls.

Tua was never great, but he deserves respect. Heavy punchers tend to be beloved by the public...Earnie Shavers obviously had many deficits as a fighter, but people still talk about him today because of his power. He and Tua had much in common...they might impressively club you unconscious, or else be made to look foolish by someone with speed, stamina, and guts.
What this fight really says is that he should retire or else continue on as a gatekeeper. I doubt he does either. My guess is that over the next year he has a whopping two fights in which he beats a couple of guys with .500 records. Then he'll get another bigger fight and lose.
So, see you guys again in 18 months when we have the exact same thread. Just to save on cyber space, let's just keep this one in the archives and pick up with it in early 2013.
Take care guys! See you then!

 

Tua's finished. If he fights on, he's nothing but an average journeyman with a name.

 

:rofl Log off clown.

 

Really, I don't think the Tua that slugged for 12 rounds like a machine against Ibeabuchi, or annihilated Jonh Ruiz and Fres Oquendo would lose against Monte Barrett. That's just it for me, a prime Tua would probably stop Barrett in a round, and if he's losing to him now, then it's clear he's past it. If a guy is losing to fighter he would have not only beat, but killed in his prime, then it's a pretty decent indicator that he's past it. I hear what you're saying in a sense, Tua has never really been a top level heavyweight and has often fell at the final hurdle (at world level) but he's always been above the Monte Barrett's of the world. Remember that Tua had a relatively short peak, when he weighed around the 225 mark, I think that Tua is better than the one who fought Rahman and Lennox (around 245 in those fights).

 

Tua age was not important in this fight.And you are right 38 is not old.Tua showed that he had speed and power but he wasn't in shape for this fight.Age is not excuse for Tua.Look at Hopkins at 46,Vitali at 40,Tarver 42...Tua for this fight was 244 and if he was 224 that will be good.Holyfield at 46 was 215 and I just don't see that Tua can't do this at 38.He has speed and power but not cardio because he is overweight.His major problem is burger king.Tua is one of the my favorites fighters but my advice for him will be to retire,not because of his age but because lack of discipline.Visit http://bigpunchers.blogspot.com/ for rare boxing videos,articles,upcoming videos...