David Tua to fight Bruce Seldon on Feb 7th

CorkMan

Oughta be a good one

Seldon won't stand a single chance against Tua, he got KO'd by Tyson within 2 minutes 13 years ago. Tua will be fighting the month after as well though, so he can keep the train going.

Predictions?

Tuas record: 54 fights, 50 wins (43 by KO, 16 1st round) 3 losses.

clubwelly

Thanks Corkman. Where did you hear bout the fight?

I thought he had retired but good to see tua keepin busy cos thats what killed him inactivity and the court battle with his old management team.

Big Ears

clubwelly wrote: »

Thanks Corkman. Where did you hear bout the fight?

I thought he had retired but good to see tua keepin busy cos thats what killed him inactivity and the court battle with his old management team.

Retired ?, he did this only a few months ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yunFNj2htUc

That was his comeback after a 2 year layoff, and his first serious fight in about 6 years.

Seldon took a dive against Tyson imo, but his chin isn't great anyway and he's past it. Tua should blast him out of there in 3/4 rounds.

dlofnep

I've been watching some of that guy's videos (the guy on youtube who made that tua one) - They are great!

Tua sparked Cameron out not so long again. He's still got it.

eagle eye

For me the greatest heavyweight fight ever was the Ike 'The President' Ibeabuchi vs David Tua. A cracking fight and Ike would have been one of the most dominating champs every if he hadn't went and murdered someobody.

If you get a chance to watch this fight its well worth it. You can double click the first one and it loads up all the other parts without you having to do anything.

Big Ears

Ike didn't murder anyone, he assaulted them and attempted to sexually assault them but murder he did not.....

Could have been a very very good fighter but it's too easy to he would have been a dominant champion.
He would of still had to cope with Lennox Lewis and Vitali Klitschko.

eagle eye

My apologies, I don't know how that got into my head.

I don't think anybody could have stopped the man, his energy was incredible, he had power and he could move and of course a jaw made of granite.

dlofnep

Anyone ever see Ibeabuchi's fight with Chris Byrd? He had some serious power.

walshb

Credit to Byrd for getting up; he did finish that fight on his feet.

The Ike-Tua fight was a crazy paced fight, but wasn't my favorite by a good deal. I thought too many rds were too similar. The first 6 rds were so so alike.

The second half of the fight was very good I thought.
I would have loved to have seen a Peak Tyson in
against Ike. I think Mike's speed and more ferocious
and varied attacks would have taken Ike out.

Tua is a little too nonchalant for my liking, has been all
his career. He was a 70 percent version of a Tyson

eagle, mate, gimme' Bowe-Holyfield I anyday!:)

eagle eye

Yeah Bowe/Holyfield 1 was a great fight. I'm laughing here as I type because you just reminded me of the second fight. I remember we were sitting there waiting for the next round and then the parachute dude arrives, hehe, I fell around the place laughing. Remember Bowe's manager Rock Newman? He was like a wrestling promoter. It was all just so surreal.

walshb

eagle eye wrote: »

Yeah Bowe/Holyfield 1 was a great fight. I'm laughing here as I type because you just reminded me of the second fight. I remember we were sitting there waiting for the next round and then the parachute dude arrives, hehe, I fell around the place laughing. Remember Bowe's manager Rock Newman? He was like a wrestling promoter. It was all just so surreal.

Yes, an infamous, or is that famous famous, sports moment. That chap is dead now, suicide.

I thought Bowe deserved the nod in fight 2 myself. I think the sway went with Holy simply because he stuck in there and made it a competitive fight.

I know a lot of folks slate the heavies, but there was a time when there were no finer athletes on the planet. It is why the division really is the premier division in the sport.

When they were good, they were great. And in p4p terms, IMO, they will always be top of the pile, well, at least those from yesteryear
There is just something special about two big men going toe to toe for 12 rds.

Ike was one of, if not the most aesthetically pleasing "physical" heavyweight. Cut from stone he was.

joepenguin

walshb wrote: »

I know a lot of folks slate the heavies, but there was a time when there were no finer athletes on the planet. It is why the division really is the premier division in the sport.

When they were good, they were great. And in p4p terms, IMO, they will always be top of the pile, well, at least those from yesteryear
There is just something special about two big men going toe to toe for 12 rds.

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+1 and it should always have a clear cut numero uno / undisputed champ for the health of the sport. Without that people lose interest.
Haye is talking more trash about Klitschkos lately but its cheap as chips as we know that wont happen for another 12 months.

Tua by ko.

clubwelly

Big Ears wrote: »

Retired ?, he did this only a few months ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yunFNj2htUc

That was his comeback after a 2 year layoff, and his first serious fight in about 6 years.

Seldon took a dive against Tyson imo, but his chin isn't great anyway and he's past it. Tua should blast him out of there in 3/4 rounds.

Sorry Big Ears I meant Seldon. I'm a tua fan and hope he gets a shot at the title. There was talk of a Tua Arreola match after Tua beat Cameron but have heard nothin since