David Tua vs Mike Tyson

[Hawkins]

No matter how ridiculous a lot of gavinz1970's analysis are on this and other threads, we have to give it up to him for keeping us entertained. It would get boring fast if everyone agreed. I gotta take my hat off to the guy. LOL As far as the Tua Tyson fight, I have Tyson knocking out Tua in the first three rounds. Tua was made to order for a Tyson but he did hit hard enough to have a punchers chance against anyone but it doesn't always work that way.

I concur, Tyson would have been on him like a cheap suit. Tua hit hard, but I don't think he had enough technical ability or speed to be able to avoid the fast and furious attack of Tyson. Plus Tyson would hit him with punches from angles that heavyweights arent supposed to throw from.

No disrespect to Tua, but he would get devoured.

[Jim Jeffries]

No matter how ridiculous a lot of gavinz1970's analysis are on this and other threads, we have to give it up to him for keeping us entertained. It would get boring fast if everyone agreed. I gotta take my hat off to the guy. LOL As far as the Tua Tyson fight, I have Tyson knocking out Tua in the first three rounds. Tua was made to order for a Tyson but he did hit hard enough to have a punchers chance against anyone but it doesn't always work that way.

Well there's no need to be insulting, but I am happy to entertain. Your prediction that Tyson would KO Tua, who stould up to some serious bombs from Lewis, Ibeabuchi, Rahman and Maskaev, in the first three rounds is just rediculous. And Tyson was made to order for Tua, same height and reach, except Tua was stronger and hit harder, and Tyson would come right to him where that chin would be begging for Tua's left hook.

[Jim Jeffries]

Tyson By TKO 5. Tua doesnt have to go down to lose this, tyson was very hard to hit in his prime with lighting combinations. I agree with Hawkins tua is not in the same league. As for tysons chin being exposed! watch some of his fights, he took constant shots from douglas and it took around 4 big punches to get him on the mat. Lennox Lewis a Massive puncher found it hard to finally finish him. Watch interviews with him he even says how shocked he was and the punches tyson could take!.

Lewis was starting to go down at that point, his second to last fight, and you saw how bad he looked against Vitali Klitschko in his next fight. Look how easily Tyson was stopped against Danny Williams (lol) and Kevin McBride (????) in his last two fights. Not to mention against Holyfield, not the world's biggest puncher. You talk about Douglas having trouble, but Douglas was a BUM, who shouldn't have even qualified for a title shot. You saw how easily Holyfield disposed of him in his next fight.

[Jim Jeffries]

No disrespect to Tua, but he would get devoured.

That's your opinion and I respect that, doesn't make it fact though. I am curious how you think Tyson would have done against primes Foreman and Liston though.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Well there's no need to be insulting, but I am happy to entertain. Your prediction that Tyson would KO Tua, who stould up to some serious bombs from Lewis, Ibeabuchi, Rahman and Maskaev, in the first three rounds is just rediculous. And Tyson was made to order for Tua, same height and reach, except Tua was stronger and hit harder, and Tyson would come right to him where that chin would be begging for Tua's left hook.

Sorry, I didn't mean to insult you. Those guys were big and strong, but didn't hit nearly as hard as Tyson. And how dare you say Tua hit harder than Tyson. lol

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Look how easily Tyson was stopped against Danny Williams (lol) and Kevin McBride (????) in his last two fights.

Your a riot man!!! LOL I'll bet you think Marciano was better than Louis because he knocked him out.

[Jim Jeffries]

Your a riot man!!! LOL I'll bet you think Marciano was better than Louis because he knocked him out.

Of course not, even though Louis at 37 wasn't as ancient as people make him out to be and Louis himself admitted Marciano would have been trouble even in his prime. Watch Louis/SchmellingI if you think Louis was invincible. Obviously Tyson would have owned the last 2 that knocked him out, when he was in his prime, BUT they did show that his chin was not exactly granite, like Tua's was.

[Jim Jeffries]

Sorry, I didn't mean to insult you. Those guys were big and strong, but didn't hit nearly as hard as Tyson. And how dare you say Tua hit harder than Tyson. lol

"Lennox Lewis didn't hit nearly as hard as Tyson." Now you are just being silly.

[Hawkins]

That's your opinion and I respect that, doesn't make it fact though. I am curious how you think Tyson would have done against primes Foreman and Liston though.

Didn't mean to display opinion as fact regarding Tyson/Tua.


I think Tyson would have loads of trouble with guys in the Liston/Foreman vein. They rely on that hard, jackhammer type jab to set up their other power shots and on a guy coming in constantly like Tyson that could be big time trouble.

I think Foreman would likely KO Tyson and Liston may have a pretty good chance at it as well. Both hit very hard, had great jabs and great reach and were at their absolute best when they had a smaller swarming fighter in front of them.

Tua/Tyson wouldn't be anywhere similar because they are the same type, Tyson being the better version of the two.

[Jim Jeffries]

Didn't mean to display opinion as fact regarding Tyson/Tua.


I think Tyson would have loads of trouble with guys in the Liston/Foreman vein. They rely on that hard, jackhammer type jab to set up their other power shots and on a guy coming in constantly like Tyson that could be big time trouble.

I think Foreman would likely KO Tyson and Liston may have a pretty good chance at it as well. Both hit very hard, had great jabs and great reach and were at their absolute best when they had a smaller swarming fighter in front of them.

Tua/Tyson wouldn't be anywhere similar because they are the same type, Tyson being the better version of the two.

I agree that a young Foreman KO's Tyson and Tyson would have had his hands full with Liston, who had a sick reach for 6'1" and a pretty damn good jaw. Tyson is a smaller but faster and with better boxing skills and defence than Tua, I just think Tua's jaw and power inside evens the playing field. Obviously I don't mortgage my house betting on Tua, I just think it would make for a great fight and would be a lot closer than most people think.