David Tua - A Tale of 2 Tuas 

The guy has bodyguards?

@@Inukshuk67 insane to think loool

@@Inukshuk67 They were probably his cousins😁

@@Stanlayy-em4fk that's what I was going to say. Islanders are all about family

Cool. I was a big fan of his back in the day. Sure miss boxing. It ain’t near the same now. Sad.

That was actually what Lennox said to (I believe) Larry Merchant on HBO immediately after the fight.

@@c.c.7687 I think the quote was actually "...a bad haircut..." which was fair!

as great as Tua was Lennox is considered one of the greatest heavyweights of all time

@@c.c.7687 Larry Merchant could piss me off like no other😂 He was so disrespectful and cutting at times. Made my blood boil.

@@c.c.7687 Did he really say that? Damn, great line, gotta love Lennox

BULL! David Tua was another George Chuvalo. he took ALLOT MORE then he gave. You don't win the HeavyWeightTitle and earn Hall of Fame Legendary Status that way.

@@WZ912 Tua was superior and far more dangerous than Chuvalo ever was . No comparison between those 2 fighters.

@@WZ912 not even close

@@WZ912 who the hell cares about Hall of fame Legacy dude. Your probably a Tyson nuthugger

Who underrates it?🤣

his left hook was dynamite.........the rest of him was not

@@WZ912 I agree with you but I wouldn't tell that to Michael Moorer if you saw the punch that starched him you'll understand

@@WZ912 you not serious are you ??😒😒😒so tua didn’t have defense ,hard chin ,head movement,power in both hands,quick ,fast explosive???yea okay…his left hook was just his go too doesn’t mean he didn’t have anything else ..he just couldn’t get anything done with lennox but that’s part of boxing ..all of greats had a difficult time with certain fighters

@@Theking-es9ie hard chin? how many times did David go down?

@@chrisbell8271 bro has never been knocked out and barely knocked down I’m pretty sure that’s one of his main things

tf thats a strange way to describe a KO unless u dont like the dude getting kayoed 😂. man said goofiest n funniest ko 🤦🏾‍♂️. shit was brutal as hell wym 🤣

Fres Oquendo in the boxing hall of fame???

If only we could have gotten that. That would have another Tia vs Ibeabuchi and possibly dethrone that as the most violent boxing match to ever happen.

@@hexkwondo I reeeaally see Mercer winning UD

Oh yeah that fight would have been a classic battle ✌️💢💥🔥💯

Jack Johnson? come on

Yes, you've seen a lotta Jack Johnson fights, Im sure. 😏

Jack Johnson….

@@SPIDERM0OSE aye we love documentaries right? Some make you fall in love with these boxers.

Jack Johnson was a bad man simply for his antics outside of the ring but he doesn’t rank up there in skill set with the more modern heavys.

Height difference helped a lot too.

Respect to Lewis for giving him the shot.

Of course Holyfield was on steroids....dude gained 23lbs of muscle in 2 weeks.....training with roid legend Lee Haney.

Yeah, win or loss he could've had some decent money fights. I bet he could've made some scratch fighting Michael Grant or getting an HBO date or two. I think the Holyfield/Lewis draw also screwed it up a little.

Glass jaw? Lewis took bombs from Klitschko, Briggs, Holyfield, Mercer, and ruddock just because he got caught twice in his 15-year career doesn't mean he had a glass jaw

I don't blame them or him for waiting on that spot. Boxing is corrupt he may never have gotten another shot

Why would you think Lewis had a glass jaw?

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That would have been a great fight, for sure... the 90s gave us lots of great heavyweight bouts, but a few were never made. "It takes more than a left hook and a haircut to beat Lennox"... priceless. Another terrific video.

there where lots of great fights in the heavyweight division in the 90s that never happened, they tried to make Tyson Morrison for years

Nothing strange about it, yer talking about an undisputed A Side vs a C side. The 90s were talented yes, but the top dogs were very much the top dogs n those top dogs were American, Tua was an inconvenient Australian/New Zealander as far as the money men were concerned. Tua WHO ?

@@SPIDERM0OSE good observation mate. 👌

Posession of concussive power to knock an opponent cold DOES NOT automatically translate into ability to absorb one. Nature does not gift both abilities generously. And the rare ones who do possess both, may not be as lucky to withstand professional boxing politics. Mr.DAVID TUA fits this bill perfectly. Possessor of shocking power especially in the left and granite chin as IKE IBEAUBACHIi learnt (IKE himself being another rare gem to fit this bill). Some comparison and "what if" is thrown in the comments dump, hence would pitch in Tua vs Tyson & Morrison :- This is a no brainer. A prime TUA would have destroyed both Tyson & Morrison in their primes, quiet early.. As many showed during Tyson's & Morrison's prime, they both possessed great power and skill but could not take a solid punch, survive and come back. --------------- By the way, my favourite line from Rummy's Corner is his insistence " I know no shi*# about boxing" and then going on to make one gem after another on Boxing !! Buddy, you could very well publish your own Rummy's Corner as a magazine/weekly tabloid...That's how deep it is. ---------------- Thanks. A Rummy's Corner Fan from India.

You got it wrong buddy. Can tell you didn’t follow him. He issues with coach/management that almost made put him behind bars for life is what disconnected him from Boxing.. His off field dramas got too much it took him out the ring. He was robbed of millions mate. All his hard work. Gone. He came back after all the BS & had a pretty good run for an old fella

And Tua had Ike hurt badly in the end of the 11th Rd almost out

Do you have any footage on Lionel Butler?

Great assement. You know your boxing!

Placing Bivol in the same line as Kambosos,Ruiz and whoever Leigh Wood is? That's disrespectful,Bivol's a top level boxer.

@@whatname4613 fr he bugging

There's a great sparring clip of these 2 on YT somewhere

I think Tua would win both by late round KO

With the right money and backing it would still happen

Ike would have knocked out tyson cold. Tyson was a force of nature but as many showed he could take a punch and would have always been a candidate to get knocked out against the likes of TRUE HAMMERHANDS like Ike or Tua

I wonder if tua and tyson will come out of retirement and have one last match against each other. I reckon with the right money and backing.

They're both of Samoan decent, and close in age. So that's probably why you see a similarity.

@@jamesallan9395 both powerful punchers with a no nonsense boxing style

I think Tua put Hunt in the hospital once when they sparred. Why was a kickboxer sparring with David Tua idk

@@kuhanblock9380 probably Christmas party game

Yes they are but Tua is Samoan

Ibeabuchi was something really special, it's so bad that he squandered it all away

*Tua.....I bought his career set

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I agree tua was terrifying

Prime Tyson would have likely never felt that way. His promotions would have. Styles make fights.

Tua wouldn’t have been intimidated by Tyson even in his prime. Therefore Tua would win

Mike wasnt interested in fighting at that point....after 6 or 7 hard rounds I think he'd have quit or got himself DQd in there vs Tua

Prime Tyson would beat him, naturally, albeit itd be a very fun fight

Tua came in heavier in the two preceding fights before Lewis as he knew Lewis was the one he was going to have to fight for the title. He wanted more weight to absorb the power and weight of Lewis. The two other fights were to get used to the weight. Lewis lost to Rahman because he turned up in South Africa far too late and didn't acclimatise to the altitude. It was talked about for near two weeks leading up to the fight and people asking if he'd made a huge mistake in not getting there sooner.