David Tua -vs- Ike Ibeabuchi on ESPN Classic 8:00 pm Tues March 20th

Your homework assignment ! ;D I would like you guys to watch this match and score it if you would. I am very curious as to who you thought won this match ! much appreciated !

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Originally Posted by Lords Gym

Your homework assignment ! ;D I would like you guys to watch this match and score it if you would. I am very curious as to who you thought won this match ! much appreciated !

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I watched the bout over 10 times just due to the sheer excitement of a classic HW barnburner matchup. It was a close fight, but I had Tua up by two rounds. That's the closest that Ike ever came to hitting the canvas. Let's put it this way: It was like a Barrera vs. Morales at HW. Only in the Tua/Ibeabuchi fight, the punches thrown in the bout broke the record. Absolutely insane fight. Unfortunately that Tua of old is long gone. If he would have kept his weight at 220-227, he would have definitely won a title.
Shit, Tyson was scared shitless of Tua. He even admitted it in an interview.

I thought Tua won the match by 2 or 3 rounds also . thanks for you input ! Cool Click in 24 hours

What a scrap that was, I have that fight I've seen it a few times and the times I've seen it I had Tua up by 3 rounds exactly.....

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Originally Posted by CutMeMicK

What a scrap that was, I have that fight I've seen it a few times and the times I've seen it I had Tua up by 3 rounds exactly.....

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spot on mate ! ;)

i had it even draw i had tua up 1 round going into 12th but ike won 12th and that earned him draw in my book

who are these guys? ive never heard of either??? are they straw weights? one sounds like a sushi dish and one sounds like the japanese car stereo in my lexus. :-\

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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

i had it even draw i had tua up 1 round going into 12th but ike won 12th and that earned him draw in my book

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Go back and watch the 12th round. Ike almost got knocked out mate ! trust me , tua won the 12th big one more Round and Ike would have been smoked ;) appreciate your input mate :coolclick:

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Originally Posted by TheBESTP4P

who are these guys? ive never heard of either??? are they straw weights? one sounds like a sushi dish and one sounds like the japanese car stereo in my lexus. :-\

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I had 115-113 I think for this bout, I cannot give this bout to Ibeabuchi. This TUA was really an iincredible fighter...

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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

i had it even draw i had tua up 1 round going into 12th but ike won 12th and that earned him draw in my book

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Go back and watch the 12th round. Ike almost got knocked out mate ! trust me , tua won the 12th big one more Round and Ike would have been smoked ;) appreciate your input mate :coolclick:

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cc back i went back and re watched it ike won 1 st minute of 12th round with some nice jabs tua edged middle part of the round then last 10 seconds they had equal exchange it was close round but based on first minute of the round i give round to ike

I give this fight to Tua every time, once he found his range and once Ike's workrate dropped he was getting through with some massive shots. He had ike all over the places in the later stages. I think I scored it 6 rounds Tua, 4 rounds Ibeabuchi and 2 rounds even the last time I watched it on YouTube.

If David Tua had got the decision like he should've and got his title shot when he was young and in shape, he could've been an awesome champion. I would've loved to have seen Tua - Tyson in the mid 90's, one of the best fights never to have happened. But thats the way it goes. I don't think were gonna say that David Tua ever again.

Dont forget that not only is this the greatest quantity of punches thrown in a heavyweight fight, but they weren't tip-tappy bantamweight puff punches, these guys were throwing bombs from the beginning to the end!! Never seen a fight like it.

you guys ever been to Naras Sushi? If so you gotta try the TUA roll I was there the other day killing time while the mechanic was installing my new IBEABUCHI stereo.

I had Tua winning as well, it shows how good Tua could have been....30 more seconds and Ike would have been put to sleep, imo...a great fight between the two best fighters of that specific time, time capsule stuff...

Thanks Lords Gym ;)