Quote Originally Posted by Swashbuckling Gordy


Tua bottled the fight with Lennox Lewis !

He came into the fight full of bluster red hot many people believing he'd win felt Lennox's power and stood off !!

He fought scared the entire fight and really let Lennox dominate him in 1st gear !

I remember one commentator calling it a silent pact , Tua let Lewis dominate without letting him knock him out .

Lewis didnt put full weight behind his right because if he missed he knew he'd be giving tua the only oppurtunity to win ie the counter left hook .

Rahman did exactly what you needed to do to Lewis , take him out of his comfort zone make him rush , to do this you need to take a few but Hasim was willing to make that sacrafice and he won the fight .

Tua liked you to stand and trade , bully boy .

Great natural assets though .
Yes Tua "bottled" against LL, rounds 1-3 were dictated by Tua and according to one judge won by David...Then David went into a shell, some say it was a rib injury but who knows...As far as a "silent pact" doesn't apply here that implies "I won't hityou if you don't hitt me" and is usually dipicted by a "hug-fest" but LL was putting the leather to David never decreasing his punch output...I agree that Lennox didn't go for the kill but that's because he didn't need to, it always been LL's style to play it safe...Lennox did hit Tua pretty GD hard though and Tua never moved...LL was always wary of Tua so he did what he had to without putting himself in too much danger..LL is an ATG and while Tua's loss was lopsided it was still to an ATG...Peter being stopped in his tracks by James Toney cannot even compare....

In Rahman-Lewis 1 it was more of a case of Rahman fighting an ill prepared Lewis than anything else and the 2nd fight is evidence of that...

Regarding Tua-Peter, Sam Peter has NONE of the attributes that give Tua problems ie. Height, Movement or a great jab...This fight would be fought right in Davids "wheelhouse" and Sam Peter would never be the same afterward...a brutal KO win for David "The Terminator" Tua....never liked the "Tuaman" thing.