Tua Man!

Depth · 11 May 2006 at 21:36

Davey_Pitch said:
Not a chance, Lewis was just too smart for him, as fast as Tua was, Lewis had a huge height and reach advantage, and would still have stayed behind the jab all night.

Yep, he boxed clever and won easily. Tua seemed to be intimidated by Lewis' right (as everybody should be!).

However, if Tua could have trapped him against the ropes, it would have been....messy. Lewis couldn't KO him so had to fight for 12 rounds, and he would have only needed to be caught once. Shame, Lewis was just too skillfull for him.

Depth · 11 May 2006 at 21:38

Sutters said:
I know another Samoan monster that could possibly match up well to him, at least in the chin stakes anyway.

Mark Hunt? I've met him, he is a nice bloke!

bigmouse64 · 12 May 2006 at 00:11

Depth said:
Now you mention it, his legs are huge, especially his calves.

Puts all the little pretty boy body builder's who hang around at my gym to shame

Yeah agreed, I acutally noticed his rectus abdominus first, before his stupid hair, lol. Not that I was looking at his crotch area or anything, lol. :rolleyes:

Von Smallhausen · 12 May 2006 at 02:02

Depth said:
Yep, I was really dissapointed in his performance.

In my opinion though, nobody, not even a prime Tyson, could stand toe to toe and slug with Tua.

I would disagree with that one. I think a prime Mike Tyson would have drilled Tua into the ground and Tyson explosive punches and hooks would prove too much. Just my opinion too.

Shame we will never know.

Depth · 12 May 2006 at 12:43

Von Smallhausen said:
I would disagree with that one. I think a prime Mike Tyson would have drilled Tua into the ground and Tyson explosive punches and hooks would prove too much. Just my opinion too.

Shame we will never know.

Yep, it may play out that way. But Tua is more powerful than Tyson, and has a much better chin, and Tyson seems to shrink from people who aren't scared of him (which Tua certainly wouldn't be).