Finally some sense in a Tua thread/poll, I was expecting the same old "Tua was unbeatable/no one can take his power" rubbish that usually sprouts around.
This dinovelvet character will be crying in his mom's basement when Wlad gets inducted first ballot in the IBHOF.
He doesn't need to come forward like Mike Tyson to get in on Wlad. Look how cement boots Peter was constantly up in his grill. There's a false notion that Wlad keeps guys at the end of his jab. He keeps guys at the end of his clinch . There's a big difference. Tua is known for destroying clinch happy fighters. Wlad is no Lewis and would not be able to replicate the his performance. Put it this way , Lewis would have cave man Peter out on his back after 3-4 one-sided rounds. And Wlad avoided Tua. He talked about facing him but then went and fought a guy nobody had ever heard of called Moli instead.
Tua from the ibeabuchi fight would win in a few rounds if the referee doesn't allow excessive holding like in the brewster fight, that tua applied pressure and had good stamina, add to that amazing chin and great punching power and you have wlad's worst nightmare. Even if the referee allows wlad to cheat with clinching like in the povetkin fight, tua still breaks him late, cause of wlad's poor stamina and chin
a big hitter with hand speed is a terrible matchup for wlad, even when past it. a prime one would end his career.
Wlad- Jab ,jab, jab clinch. Jab,jab right hand clinch. Tua- Eats jab, eats jab eats jab, does nothing in clinch. Eats jab, eats jab, absorbs right hand, goes into shell and does nothing in clinch. Rinse and repeat for 12 rounds and Tua falls short in another title fight. And people will still pick Tua in one round over an assortment of World Champs and great fighters in future fantasy fights.
Vlad outboxes him and is very cautious and pretty much uses the jab exclusively occasionally throwing a right just to keep him knowing what a big man hits like. Similar to the Lennox fight.
I have a resentment against David Tua since I lost a bus load of $ on him. With that said he would knockout Wlad. It wouldn't take that much.