David Tua vs. Michael Moorer

Tua with another one of his lighting fast knockouts. Can you believe that Moorer was once world champ?

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[FijneWIET]

David Tua

58 fights

52 wins

43 by knockout

4 losses

2 draws

and still active, how is he a bum?

[JoeCalzagheTheCoward]

@lee1990lee Moorer was a washed up alcoholic at this stage of his career, he had also been committed to mental hospital! Beating Moorer at this stage of his career means nothing

[pauloafonso100]

I had 1 minute before a have to go... time enough to see two David Tuas's fights !

[wayupinya1]

Upon further reflection this fight was stopped too early. 

[DestroyerAlexandros]

@FijneWIET He's not a bum at all but he was a one trick pony. He stood no chance against the technical guys.

[danning1]

@Sergeianism1917 I agree with your assessment of Tua, although there have been many other very underachieving boxers. Buster Douglas, for example, who only shined once. Tim Witherspoon comes to mind. Michael Moorer in his prime was often an underachiever. Post-Rooney/D'Amato Tyson (Tyson himself has admitted that). Gerry Cooney, although IMHO in his case there wasn't a whole lot anyway other than a pretty good left.

[IcarusReborn]

Damn near every punch landed for Tua. Moorer offered nothing!

[JoeCalzagheTheCoward]

@MADMAC572 Dwight Qawi was 5"6 and blobbed from 190lbs (Holyfield rematch 1987) to 222lbs against Foreman in 1988-Likewise, David Tua was 5"9 and regularly weighed 240-251lbs for his fights (245lbs vs Lewis) so both fighters are basically asking to be beaten due to total lack of conditioning

Tua has done virtually nothing of any significance since the late 90's, he was merely fighting a ghost of Michael Moorer there for the pay-day, I don't know why people rate this performance?

[MADMAC572]

@JoeCalzagheTheCoward As for Qawi, he was a fearsome light heavy who went toe to toe with a young, very strong, prime Holyfield. I loved that guy. But he had no business at heavyweight. He was flat out too small to fight there. Talented fighter though.

[MADMAC572]

@JoeCalzagheTheCoward Ruiz wasn't a great figher, but he was a very good one with a good chin. Nobody did to him what Tua did. Tua had great, Tyson like explosive power. I think there are two reasons why Tua doesn't carry that extra weight well. The first is as you said, it's adding aerobic demands on his system. The second is it's an indicator that his aerobic conditioning isn't very good in the first place - that he hasn't trained and prepared well.

[JoeCalzagheTheCoward]

@MADMAC572 David Tua was 225lbs when he caught John Ruiz cold, he BALLOONED in weight to 245lbs when he fought Lennox Lewis (peaking at 251lbs) making a heavyweight of his small stature virtually useless against to-level heavyweights because of the extra aerobic demands placed on his body. Same thing happened to Dwight Muhammad Qawi blowing up in weight, check the george Foreman fight....Qawi was winning the fight until he punched himself out

John Ruiz?? = Famous for beating a shot Holyfield

[MADMAC572]

@JoeCalzagheTheCoward And John Ruiz? Tua put guys out hard like nobody else did. No getting around that. He could be outboxed by a strong fighter, but he was dangerous for anyone.