Who saw Tua W12 Ahunanya? Describe the action for me

You didn't see the fight???

I would have to say yes.

Glad to help.

 

Very hard to tell whether Tua was back from this fight.

Ahunaya would circle the ring, not throw much at all and occassionally Tua would cut the ring off and unload. Although Tua won every round like this he never hurt Friday... but then again Ahunaya was just on his bike for the whole night and is known to be tough so as i said hard to say.

You can tell that he would just get annihilated by Wlad and Vitali from this fight. He would even get soundly beaten by Haye imo with Haye's ability to move. Would beat Chris Arreola cos he is a tub of lard.

Basically he has a long way to go but he could very possibly improve fight by fight camp by camp

 

Tua looked like he trained HARD for Cameron, and the Terminator was indeed back, as he proved with a second round KO. In the last pic I have seen, I'd say Tua was about 245 lbs. Looks to me like the fire was short lived. But even a 245 lb Tua is enough to destroy Barrett. I dunno if I'd put any money on him though. He's a 30-1 favorite, if you can even find a line somewhere.

 

Friday was very negative; it was almost Dirrell-Stevens or Johnson-Klitschho bad.

There wasn't much "action" to describe, as a result. Tua tried to press the fight, cut the ring off, threw some nice combinations, but Ahunanya was well-conditioned and focused on surviving instead of trying to win.

Here's the full RBR:
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=215499

 

I didn't like the way Tua kept letting Ahunanya out of the corner. Ahunanya was pretty cagey and fought a good fight. Tua had to go looking for him all night. He didn't lose his cool and kept just trying to box him. Ahunanya kept slipping out of the corner to Tua's right which was pissing me off. If Tua had stepped accross and thrown that right hand to the body he could have kept him in there to unload. So Tua controlled it most of the time but needs to work on cutting the man off better. George Foreman would physicallly grab a dude and put him back in the corner to unload. Tua needs more of that instinct.

 

Ahunanya pulled a Kevin Johnson, moved around, shelled up a lot and threw 10 punches a round. Tua didn't throw much either, but when he did, it was in combinations. Hard to tell much from the fight really.

 

This was obviously not a good fight especially when you have a guy who talked his way into a fight and come fight night did absolutely nothing for 12 rounds. It's hard to gage how serious Tua is when he is fighting someone who came to survive. You cant say he is not serious, I mean the guy beat himself back into shape and in the last two fights weighed 237 and 239. We will see how serious he is when he steps up the competition. (I would prefer Peter, Arreola, Chambers, Johnson, etc.)

 

We need to see Tua go after Barrett - BANG

Hope for a real statement this time

 

I was ringside, and taped the fight on MTV, watching it several times. Tua changed his style, boxed, and outsmarted Friday. Friday did connect when he counter punched, but they were few and far between. Tua let him off the ropes and corner because Friday was looking for openings when he moved, and wanted Tua to get frustrated and wild. He didn't. BTW, this is the first time Tua has won a 12 rounder by decision.

Friday was there to survive, and looked to KO Tua if Tua got careless. Friday is a slick fighter.

 

Still - it is a bit of a concern

I wonder if the youthful Tua would have done 12 rounds or blasted his head off.

 

It would be sad if Tua can't finish Barrett within 2 rounds. Barrett is beyond toast.

 

Kiwi, Friday has been in against some heavy hitters, both in sparring and in fights, and his never been down.

 

Tua's in decent form , he looks a bit sharper and trimmer than his plodathons after losing to Lennox. He's not what he was in the late 90s, but his stamina is pretty good and he still has some speed.

He didnt seem to have the same urgency (dont like to say "killer instinct" when talking about boxing) vs Ahunanya to get the guy out of there, Friday has a world class chin and was being quite defensive but these two know each other and have sparred a fair bit and there wasnt an edge to Tua like in his previous fight vs Cameron.

I think the sooner Tua gets out of familiarity vs guys hes sparred before like Cameron and Ahunanya, and fights a tough contender, the better for his chances of winning a belt.

 

Tua is a "big game" player

He only truly lifts himself for the Big Games

I think hopefully Barrett and above that level...