***** lol you dont know nothing dude... Watch first David-Tua vs lennox lewis, the champion... Lewis fights against Tua and my opinion, Tua was better... On the past Lewis winns Tyson... Can you see wth i´m talkin about it? Lol. David Tua vs Tyson it´s a implemented dream. Watch the facts dude. Stay cool.
+Zombie Lauderdale why do somoans have short stature. but are built like trucks and hit like some one is throwing a moped at your face. like mark hunt is just like tua
+Zombie Lauderdale naw bro! I'm going to have to disagree on that one! Tyson was too much of a killer. Tua was too and would've been a beautiful thing to see them fight.
Tua was a powerhouse, but as I watch closely I notice he's actually pretty classically crafty. I don't like that we all tend to say he's another Tyson, without giving him credit for his classical styling; that's what really makes a difference between him and Tyson. But nevertheless it's very apparent that he was here to spar with Evander to get him primed for a fighter like Tyson.
David Tua came in for the sole purpose of getting Evander ready for Tyson. That’s it. Gary Bell came in right before David did to be Evander’s main sparring partner for the Tyson fight.
which is the total opposite of Holyfield who was known to keep unloading after the bell especially if he was clipped just before the bell. He said he always wanted to have the final punch.
Tua below his legs look rock solid and extremely special exercise program with lots of commitment. His fighting style is such that he has got centre of gravity and he is not of balance where fighters are skipping and dancing, more of a wrestlers legs controlling the ground. The other area of strength are his work ethics of building his upper body strength. If you see the frontal view you will see the development of the muscular development of the upper back between the shoulder blades that's developed and given his neck a solid foundation. These muscles are of strength and as usual since he is short he is delivering round house to the boxers from his shoulders to taller heavyweights who receive it on their chin when they fight upright position or else high cheekbone or side of the skull. His heavy midbody work make taller boxers lean forward and offer their head for a target and in range for his inside hooks to their chins and has a high accuracy ratio. Mind you he is totally multifaceted. The flying left hook to the point of his opponents chin that ends the fight. His heavy punching of his opponents body( midriff) that collapses them or make them lean forward and come down to his height and terminates the fight. Mind you he has a speed that he can land atleast a dozen power punches in matter of seconds that happened to very good boxers like Hashim Rehman when refree stopped the fight. One thing I have seen his opponents all tough guys get KO'D and loose consciousness. Many anxiety moments in the ring for the fighter, the referee and the ringside doctor. Other's stopped their boxing career. Few landed up with strokes post fights. One thing in heavyweight boxing he could finish an opponent and had a different variety of angles which taller heavyweights never faced in their lives. He won fights on his merit on KO'S and TKO'S. You didn't have to go to the judges scorecards. He was started as a heavyweight and finished as a heavyweight with honor in the same division. A heavyweight specialist. I like his attitude in boxing and the closest with this attitude is my favorite Roberto Duran. Sometimes The best fighters in boxing cannot be conquered. The only irony age closes their careers. I salute David Tua on his achievements.
No wonder Holyfield took some serious licks from the likes of Tyson and stood up to it...with Tua as a sparring partner! If you can get through that, then I guess you can take anyone's punch.
@@flare3854 Agree. When he faced Douglas he was in downhill and not prepared for that fight, we could watch all his fight before that for the truth. Against Holyfield he went to 4 years of jail and was out of his prime.
@@jahqayburnett7736 Nah not really this spar was before holyfield and Tyson fight this spar is the reason why holyfield adapted to beating Mike tyson, if it wasn't for Tua holyfield would most likely not know what to do against Tyson.
He did. It just happened to be against the best heavyweight of that era. It's too bad that Tua didn't get another shot. And on top of that, going through all those court proceedings with his snake managers
For sure . But only if he would have stay in shape . Nowadays boxer in terms of power and skills can’t even compare with 80s and 90s boxers no cap. But I Tyson fury out boxing style is pretty good tbh. Not entertaining I know but that’s how this sport had turned into. Thanks to the ideal of « UNDEFEATED » business . Against an overweight tua, Tyson fury would have just run and jab. Wining by point like most professional boxer today
@@bremCZ - yep no doubt about it, imo, his prime was around his 20s. Also a tua from Ike’s showdown would have win as well. But yeah we never known , even an overweight tua would probably connect and turn the tables.
I got respect for Evander! Met and talked to him and asked about sparring with Tua. He said the same thing that mike Tyson said about Tua at that time. Tua was the only guy that they were scared to fight. Now that's true respect right there. Not many boxers of that caliber can say that. Lennox took the fight fight with Tua when Tua has just got off of a win that his ribs took a beating and a scandal with tuas manager at the time. Lennox didn't want to give Tua a rematch because he was scared the first time even when Tua was hurt.
sneec hamo he was knocked out in 1991 world Amateur championship boxing by an Olympic gold medalist Felix Savon. I watched the fight and that was his basically only knock out ever in his boxing career as a whole if you watch boxing like you said. He's been knocked down in his professional but in talking about Amateur. Oh and it was in the first round.
Yaahboi52 do you eve know what a k.o even means. Yes I've that fight if they would give him a 10 count he would have recovered and continued on but hey it was the amateur
Ginn N. Juice I read the court case documents when it was archived ... man his accountant was a maggot ! He was bloody flying hookers in to where ever he was in the world and putting the bill on Tuaman Inc as an expense... what an absolute maggot he was. He lied a lot in his testimony he would answer “I cannot recall” but he knew the answers to the questions being asked but the questions being asked were terrible to his character if he answered them truthfully.
Tua had so much talent. He beat World Champions and looked phenomenal against the great Holyfield but he never became a World Champion himself. Still a Legend nonetheless! Edit: *Tua was the WBC Champ when he koed Ruiz (thanks Truthreigns) Tuas legacy is cemented! At 5'9 he overachieved fighting amongst giants!
In the Tyson fight, Evander walked Mike to the ropes every time he tied him up. Here in sparring, he is working on keeping Tua in the center of the ring. Interesting. Good sparring!
Everyone in the comments is talking about Tua's impressive Left Hook but let me tell ya that Right Uppercut is seriously business, too. Both Tua and Holyfield are sensational.
This version of Tua was truly peaked and primed. Would have loved to see this version fighting a 1987 Tyson. Tyson’s defense and explosiveness vs Tua iron chin and left hook.
Great footage! I'm not sure what Evander was working on in this session but it looked like he was just coasting, he showed very little of the array of razor sharp combinations here that Tyson was on the receiving end of a few days later.
They’re just working on different strategies Holyfield might have to employ in the fight, sparring isn’t a fight it’s just working on techniques and game plans.
That was some very rough, tough sparring. And very heated and competitive. I can see Tua being tough stylistically for Evander, but I imagine in a real match he would try and outbox Tua from a distance using mov't rather than the in-fighting that they were doing here. Evander landed some nice shots but Tua is more efficient and skillful in close.
If Tua was trained by Kevin Rooney & trained correctly, for lack of better term, he would have been something special! He had the goods. His left hand was crazy, jab & hook!
Tyson would have gassed out after 5 rounds , Tua could box the whole 12 rounds , There's the difference and Tua would catch Tyson sooner or later with that left hook , Tua was a 1 trick pony but what a trick
nice to see those things sparring sessions / fights that were never broadcast... I remember an anecdote back in the late 80's at the Mickey Rourke gym in LA where Riddick sparred Tommy Morrison. They were suppose to go 3 rounds but they went 2.. Morrison hit Bowe several times with body shots that made Riddick quit on the stool. Eddie Futch was pissed.
This was the time Tua was in his prime. So much potential but was not managed well. Everything was going well until Kevin Barry took over! He would of been the first Samoan to be HW champion of the world. Now Joseph Parker has to try and finish what Tua didn't!
Nice! I ended my boxing moments a few years ago, but I boxed my good portion of my life, and when I had a tittle fight I would spar 3 freash guys, I would spar 1 guy until I got tired and as soon as I got very tired they would throw another new guy right at me right away, that was hard, but it got me to go to the 12th round though
Legends....imagine if the rules are changing, no holdings, no running away from your opponent...probably every Tua opponent will hit the canvas in the first round.
Tua was the perfect sparring partner.I wonder if Holyfield would have one without practicing with tua.He was the only short fighter with the strength and power and size of Tyson.
Tua was a lot more durable than Tyson and could generate more power with less movement. Would have been a cool fight to watch, but it never happened. Oh well. 🤷🏾♂️
All Tuas knocked out was on the opponents first fall like lightning strucks. But Tysons knocked out takes 2 to 3 opponents fall before the refs stop him or completely ko. That means Tysons power punch is no match with Tuas.
The Samoans are always strong, big, some of them are short, but the width of their body is large and made of muscles and combinating with a little body fat, that's why they are strong.
It's the most unlikely-sounding sparring music. It's music to make you feel like praying or donating, not hitting another guy. Two nice Christian lads.
Tua was helping Evander prepare for Tyson since there so similar. Tua vs Tyson would've been the best fight in history!
+Adam Kinkade for sure!
***** lol you dont know nothing dude... Watch first David-Tua vs lennox lewis, the champion... Lewis fights against Tua and my opinion, Tua was better... On the past Lewis winns Tyson... Can you see wth i´m talkin about it? Lol. David Tua vs Tyson it´s a implemented dream. Watch the facts dude. Stay cool.
+Zombie Lauderdale why do somoans have short stature. but are built like trucks and hit like some one is throwing a moped at your face. like mark hunt is just like tua
+Zombie Lauderdale naw bro! I'm going to have to disagree on that one! Tyson was too much of a killer. Tua was too and would've been a beautiful thing to see them fight.
Watch tua vs Cameron the best shape in his life and most brutal
Only Holyfield would spar to Gospel music. :D
Ha Forealz
Lol true that!
Do you know what the song is called
+Andrew Muavae Sorry, but I don't know.
+Teddy Fuse oh algood
I love the fact that these 2 warriors are going toe to toe while what sounds like relaxing meditation music is on in the background. 😅
still proud what you had accomplished uso. watching this in 2016
Faitasi Gaee what else gee
2024😂
А я смотрю 2024
1:57 I’ve seen David Tua catch a few guys with this Triple left Hook & amazingly he always lands all 3.
Its so beautiful
its like a Rhino punching with the speed of a cat
Nobody expects it lmao
Holyfield using tua as a sparring partner for tyson fight?! Perfect sparring partner!
2 CHRISTIANS LISTENING TO GOSPEL MUSIC THAT WILL KNOCK YOU THE F OUT 😂😂😂 LOL
Tua was a powerhouse, but as I watch closely I notice he's actually pretty classically crafty. I don't like that we all tend to say he's another Tyson, without giving him credit for his classical styling; that's what really makes a difference between him and Tyson.
But nevertheless it's very apparent that he was here to spar with Evander to get him primed for a fighter like Tyson.
Tua was pretty slick. But when he did get hit, his iron chin took care of that.
+MrRoyalFatness yp
+MrRoyalFatness yep
David Tua came in for the sole purpose of getting Evander ready for Tyson. That’s it. Gary Bell came in right before David did to be Evander’s main sparring partner for the Tyson fight.
@I'mSmarterThanYouAndThereIsNothingYouCanDoAboutIt It was a truly ridiculous comment
tua doesn't skip leg day
I know right? his legs are huge! 💪
That's natural for Samoans ahaha
samoans can skip leg day and us normal humans STILL wouldnt be able to catch up
Fernando Atuaia some what but tua lifted weights so leg press and squats definitely helped😂
SomeVids bro you should see some of the Polynesian girls bruh some got bigger calf's then tua 😆
8:59 that was nice haha
Hes even done it during fights which is pretty crazy 😂😂
Dayyumm hahahaha
which is the total opposite of Holyfield who was known to keep unloading after the bell especially if he was clipped just before the bell. He said he always wanted to have the final punch.
@@mra6308 Ibeabuchi did something similar in one of his fights.
@@dual7779 lol👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
These men of God
sparring to Ron Kenolys
"I see the Lord"
Tua below his legs look rock solid and extremely special exercise program with lots of commitment.
His fighting style is such that he has got centre of gravity and he is not of balance where fighters are skipping and dancing, more of a wrestlers legs controlling the ground.
The other area of strength are his work ethics of building his upper body strength.
If you see the frontal view you will see the development of the muscular development of the upper back between the shoulder blades that's developed and given his neck a solid foundation.
These muscles are of strength and as usual since he is short he is delivering round house to the boxers from his shoulders to taller heavyweights who receive it on their chin when they fight upright position or else high cheekbone or side of the skull.
His heavy midbody work make taller boxers lean forward and offer their head for a target and in range for his inside hooks to their chins and has a high accuracy ratio.
Mind you he is totally multifaceted.
The flying left hook to the point of his opponents chin that ends the fight.
His heavy punching of his opponents body( midriff) that collapses them or make them lean forward and come down to his height and terminates the fight.
Mind you he has a speed that he can land atleast a dozen power punches in matter of seconds that happened to very good boxers like Hashim Rehman when refree stopped the fight.
One thing I have seen his opponents all tough guys get KO'D and loose consciousness.
Many anxiety moments in the ring for the fighter, the referee and the ringside doctor.
Other's stopped their boxing career.
Few landed up with strokes post fights.
One thing in heavyweight boxing he could finish an opponent and had a different variety of angles which taller heavyweights never faced in their lives.
He won fights on his merit on KO'S and TKO'S.
You didn't have to go to the judges scorecards.
He was started as a heavyweight and finished as a heavyweight with honor in the same division.
A heavyweight specialist.
I like his attitude in boxing and the closest with this attitude is my favorite Roberto Duran.
Sometimes The best fighters in boxing cannot be conquered.
The only irony age closes their careers.
I salute David Tua on his achievements.
Well put mate .. Tua is truly unique & awesome
Well said cobba
It's that Polynesian genes
Bro come to New Zealand is just the island genetics. 12 year olds with legs like tree trunks
A lot of Polynesians have big legs, bloody tree trunks lol.
2 absolute warriors and gentlemen. This is one of my favourite sparring videos of technique.
The way Tua flicks out that jab for a man his build. Amazing
No wonder Holyfield took some serious licks from the likes of Tyson and stood up to it...with Tua as a sparring partner! If you can get through that, then I guess you can take anyone's punch.
None of them was throwing at 100
Holyfield was a badass..
holyfield had already faced george foreman so he has already seen the strongest already
Holyfield he is a dick tua man he is samoa king 💪👌
Watch the first round, tua would have Ko'd Holly field in the first round if they had fight in real life
Tua one of the reasons Holyfield knocked Tyson
Head butt was also another reasons
Mike also was trash in that fight ngl, that fight reminded me of how he fought dougles, not lots of movement, etc
@@REGGA3_SVNR fact
@@flare3854 Agree. When he faced Douglas he was in downhill and not prepared for that fight, we could watch all his fight before that for the truth. Against Holyfield he went to 4 years of jail and was out of his prime.
Yynh 7:34 hū@@flare3854
Tuaman David Tua,you're my Legend and that's a professional sparring right there. Love it.
Micheal Jackson spin at the end is "Amazing".
Random Tv no shit. Its scary to see a dude that big move like that lol
Holyfield be spinning people with his hooks now 🤣
Evander hears the bell ringing and thinks no no 1 more
Tua's got the center of the ring at all time, following Holyfield around. Says everything.
This sparring was preparation for Mike fight, but seems Tua was stronger than Mike...
Samoans are always strong..
Tua is from Auckland, New Zealand.
@oxytocin not all of them some may look fat cause of the way their built.
@oxytocin traditional your dads baldi kient
@oxytocin but that fat will satisfy your girlfriend even if you try many times
@oxytocin lol someone's girl left them for a samoan🤣
the 3 hook combo @ 1;56 was beautiful
David tua was indeed Rocky Marciano reincarnated with a will and desire to win a fight to the end 💪👊
No tua is tua.
@@coldness5842
No it's the way I said it !!!
Nice Michael Jackson spin from Tua at the end lol legend
damn look at tua's legs that's where the powers at!
Don't forget back and shoulder muscles.
Probably the best heavyweight sparr footage out there ive watched it probably 30 times maybe more its just good shit lol
Tua was giving Evander that work with those short hook uppercut combos.
Holyfield would beat Tua in a real boxing match Tua style is similar to Tysons and Holyfield is comfortable with that style
@@jahqayburnett7736 Nah not really this spar was before holyfield and Tyson fight this spar is the reason why holyfield adapted to beating Mike tyson, if it wasn't for Tua holyfield would most likely not know what to do against Tyson.
@@hokage771 yeah you right if it was the other way around I think Holyfield would be sparring Tyson to get ready for Tua lol
@@jahqayburnett7736 Nah not really similar. It looks similar but its waaaay different.
So was the left hook he gave him after he pushed him. The headbutter got what he deserved even before the fight lol
Too bad Tua didn’t get to fight for the title in his prime.. he was a bad man!
He did. It just happened to be against the best heavyweight of that era. It's too bad that Tua didn't get another shot. And on top of that, going through all those court proceedings with his snake managers
Lamon brewster did offer him a title shot.....
I love how it naturally picks up. Good sparring based on trust and rhythm
tua was a surgeon with that left hand💪
David Tua would be undisputed champ if he was fighting todays bunch.
Fighters nowadays are not much compared to past fighters
For sure . But only if he would have stay in shape . Nowadays boxer in terms of power and skills can’t even compare with 80s and 90s boxers no cap.
But I Tyson fury out boxing style is pretty good tbh. Not entertaining I know but that’s how this sport had turned into. Thanks to the ideal of « UNDEFEATED » business .
Against an overweight tua, Tyson fury would have just run and jab. Wining by point like most professional boxer today
@@REGGA3_SVNR Tyson Fury would get soundly beaten by a prime Tua.
@@bremCZ - yep no doubt about it, imo, his prime was around his 20s.
Also a tua from Ike’s showdown would have win as well.
But yeah we never known , even an overweight tua would probably connect and turn the tables.
@@bremCZ Tyson Fury beats Tua 100 times.
I got respect for Evander! Met and talked to him and asked about sparring with Tua. He said the same thing that mike Tyson said about Tua at that time. Tua was the only guy that they were scared to fight. Now that's true respect right there. Not many boxers of that caliber can say that. Lennox took the fight fight with Tua when Tua has just got off of a win that his ribs took a beating and a scandal with tuas manager at the time. Lennox didn't want to give Tua a rematch because he was scared the first time even when Tua was hurt.
HaHA, seriously??
Moses Memea fucken blow arse 😂😂😂😂😂😂
ChakaLaka he's full of it bro hahaaa
Moses Memea Holyfield is the one fighter that I'm confident never got scared. Literally had no fear. Dude was Kot afraid of Tua and he'd beat Tua.
DhOg 13 Of course he wasn't scared of anyone, he knew his headbutts could tame the most savage fighters.
8:58 tho haha great ears and great discipline to react to that and the speed he did!
David Tua never been knocked out. he was very strong.
You're right about that but he was knocked out in his Amateur boxing career once either then that never
Yaahboi52 dude what are you talking about tua has never been k.o in his amateur days. I've watched all tua's fight
sneec hamo he was knocked out in 1991 world Amateur championship boxing by an Olympic gold medalist Felix Savon. I watched the fight and that was his basically only knock out ever in his boxing career as a whole if you watch boxing like you said. He's been knocked down in his professional but in talking about Amateur. Oh and it was in the first round.
Yaahboi52 do you eve know what a k.o even means. Yes I've that fight if they would give him a 10 count he would have recovered and continued on but hey it was the amateur
sneec hamo KO means knockout obviously so yes I was right about him being knocked out ONCE.
David Tua was only 23 in this video He had the wrong management team Sucks he never won a world title He was a BEAST of a fighter 💯
OZ FLAVA his body weight and shape at this time was the best I think ... still powerful but fast at pulling the punches ... legend
Kevin barry stole all his millions and ruined his career
Ginn N. Juice I read the court case documents when it was archived ... man his accountant was a maggot ! He was bloody flying hookers in to where ever he was in the world and putting the bill on Tuaman Inc as an expense... what an absolute maggot he was. He lied a lot in his testimony he would answer “I cannot recall” but he knew the answers to the questions being asked but the questions being asked were terrible to his character if he answered them truthfully.
OZ FLAVA I liked Tuas corner in Lou Duva, Ronnie Shields and Bloodworth .. but yes the management was dodgy.
@@mataafa1 💯 man. I hate how people forget those 2 maggots.
I love how they’re fighting to the death with church music in the background 😂
Tua had so much talent. He beat World Champions and looked phenomenal against the great Holyfield but he never became a World Champion himself. Still a Legend nonetheless!
Edit: *Tua was the WBC Champ when he koed Ruiz (thanks Truthreigns) Tuas legacy is cemented! At 5'9 he overachieved fighting amongst giants!
He had the WBC belt he won from Ruiz with the 30 sec knockout. Ike Ibeabuchi took the belt from Tua. Tua was a champion
I believe he was 5’10 actually not a huge difference but factual
@@truthreignsforever9286that was the WBC international title a title under WBC world champ
They saw David Tua as the Samoan Version of Tyson..Maybe that's why they needed him to spar with Holyfield before challenging Mike..
He looks similar to tyson, but i think he resembles more Joe Frazier than Tyson looks like a mix of these two
What an awesome video! much respect to both boxers!
In the Tyson fight, Evander walked Mike to the ropes every time he tied him up. Here in sparring, he is working on keeping Tua in the center of the ring. Interesting. Good sparring!
Probably had several strategies they were working on and this was just one of them.
Awesome spar 2 legends training together ❤ 👏 💪🏿 💯🙌🏿
Samoans have the best chins!
they are all built like trucks
@starchild 😂 We are polynesians not no Netherland. Put tua with any one from there and bet he'll put them to sleep with a jab
Neanderthals uso not Netherlands 🇳🇱
@@user-bu1ko3lh7j sole 😂😂😂
@@user-bu1ko3lh7j outta hea he's a bula 😂😂😂
Tua won dat sparring session
Everyone in the comments is talking about Tua's impressive Left Hook but let me tell ya that Right Uppercut is seriously business, too. Both Tua and Holyfield are sensational.
Jesse James
both lost to Lennox Lewis
@@brucewmedley1391 nobody asked
@@brucewmedley1391 and Lewis got knocked out cold twice
That triple hook at 1.57 by Tua is a thing of beauty!
man did you see that left jab, left hook at 7:48 … hella quick n looked effortless smh
Now that was a sparring session!!! Good work by both!!! Tua's short left hook is killer!is lil
Tua vs Foreman would of been Epic.
Mismatch. See Frazier v Foreman for evidence. The slow plodder Tua would have been KOd off Big George jnside 3 rds.
This version of Tua was truly peaked and primed. Would have loved to see this version fighting a 1987 Tyson. Tyson’s defense and explosiveness vs Tua iron chin and left hook.
David Tua listening to Ron Kenoly while sparring, THIS IS WHY he is a goat ! Stayed humble and stuck to his roots.
Bro still some of the greatest sparring I've ever seen. Oldskool shet
This could go either way if this was real wight. both Holy and Tua are elite level fighters.
Great footage! I'm not sure what Evander was working on in this session but it looked like he was just coasting, he showed very little of the array of razor sharp combinations here that Tyson was on the receiving end of a few days later.
Sea Of Sin because Tua is not Tyson
They’re just working on different strategies Holyfield might have to employ in the fight, sparring isn’t a fight it’s just working on techniques and game plans.
Man the Lou Duva stable was a treasure trove of talent back in those days. But I think Holyfield had already left by this time
Great stable they had
David Tua insanely fast jab underrated
And his triple left hook and right Hook
True
Jeez that sneaky short right uppercut from Tua as holyfield is walking him backwards is beautiful... snaps the head right back.
I'm in love with Tua's calf muscles.
Greatest sparring I ever saw.
No joke. It’s beautiful to watch.
I love how holyfield got the christian music playin in the back
No wonder Holyfield won, he found someone who could actually mimic Tyson's power, not easy..
That was some very rough, tough sparring. And very heated and competitive. I can see Tua being tough stylistically for Evander, but I imagine in a real match he would try and outbox Tua from a distance using mov't rather than the in-fighting that they were doing here. Evander landed some nice shots but Tua is more efficient and skillful in close.
Tua is a close fighter
Is too dangerous fight on inside against tua.
Solo Ibeabuchi y Rahman lograron superar al Tua en un tu por tu
He'd have done the same thing he did to tyson in both their fights and clinched up so tyson couldn't unload up close
If Tua was trained by Kevin Rooney & trained correctly, for lack of better term, he would have been something special! He had the goods. His left hand was crazy, jab & hook!
It's not his fault. It was the fault of the fighters who were too scared to fight him.
@@thermoplastischesaethylend1046 exactly.
@@thermoplastischesaethylend1046 that's right
That last hit b4 they stop Tua spin around was like did anybody say KFC.😉
Stfu he's just muscular here.
You must be built like a twig if you make a weak "joke" like that about someone is great shape. D bag
the toe-to-toe action was a beauty!
David tua was a whole unit
Tua gives Holy good work in this sparring really good work
amazing footage thanks for the upluad
i'm 10 years late but its never to late haha
Holyfield definitely knows how to protect himself from roundhouse punchers like Tyson and Tua... all my favorites
You can see David tua wasn’t going all out cuz he don’t wanna injure him before the fight against Tyson
This is more entertaining then the majority of heavyweight fights today
Best heavyweight NZ has produced.
Какой же Холифилд легкий на ногах, сообразительный в бою. И крепкий был, с хорошей скоростью.
mike tyson vs David Tua wouldve been the best fight ever.......
Nope. Tyson is a nightmare matchup for Tua.
Tyson would have gassed out after 5 rounds , Tua could box the whole 12 rounds , There's the difference and Tua would catch Tyson sooner or later with that left hook , Tua was a 1 trick pony but what a trick
@@anthonylodge4957 are u smoking crack it would've been fireworks for 36 min dumbass
Rain Man mike could go 12 rds
@@rainman3269 YDKSAB
Tua with that double hook, nice.
Это чертовски круто! Две легенды отдыхают)вот, как начинается день у чемпионов
Tua was a devastating puncher and as tough as nails but Holyfield is in a different league in terms of all round boxing skill.
two great warriors in this sparring match!
nice to see those things sparring sessions / fights that were never broadcast... I remember an anecdote back in the late 80's at the Mickey Rourke gym in LA where Riddick sparred Tommy Morrison. They were suppose to go 3 rounds but they went 2.. Morrison hit Bowe several times with body shots that made Riddick quit on the stool. Eddie Futch was pissed.
This was the time Tua was in his prime. So much potential but was not managed well. Everything was going well until Kevin Barry took over! He would of been the first Samoan to be HW champion of the world. Now Joseph Parker has to try and finish what Tua didn't!
DefJam Joseph Parker needs more foot work
Parker doesnt have any KO power
Nice! I ended my boxing moments a few years ago, but I boxed my good portion of my life, and when I had a tittle fight I would spar 3 freash guys, I would spar 1 guy until I got tired and as soon as I got very tired they would throw another new guy right at me right away, that was hard, but it got me to go to the 12th round though
I just watched Tua vs Ibeabuchi again and then I find this 😂🙌
Holyfield great left hook
Tua monstruous left hook
Legends....imagine if the rules are changing, no holdings, no running away from your opponent...probably every Tua opponent will hit the canvas in the first round.
Love Evanders Jab! Great Session Overall
Tua was the perfect sparring partner.I wonder if Holyfield would have one without practicing with tua.He was the only short fighter with the strength and power and size of Tyson.
Tua was a lot more durable than Tyson and could generate more power with less movement. Would have been a cool fight to watch, but it never happened. Oh well. 🤷🏾♂️
All Tuas knocked out was on the opponents first fall like lightning strucks. But Tysons knocked out takes 2 to 3 opponents fall before the refs stop him or completely ko. That means Tysons power punch is no match with Tuas.
So this is what sparring in heaven looks like
That last punch 😂😂😂
Great video👍🏾
That spin from Tua at the very end😂
The Samoans are always strong, big, some of them are short, but the width of their body is large and made of muscles and combinating with a little body fat, that's why they are strong.
Both in their primes in a 12 round fight would have been great.
Better than some heavyweight bouts nowdays.
Tua's uppercut is amazing!!👍
Tua had tree trunks for legs and built like a mountain. No wonder he was never floored in his career
Man if these two met in a real PPV fight! Similar styles, same trainers, same blocking techniques
Wouldve been a real crowd pleaser and a great fight
I think it's actually a Tua camp, they've got evander in for sparing , the coach is praising Tua when he lands good shots,
Check out the pressure and pace Tua brings. Looked like he out worked him
what a fight this would have been in real life! what a shame it never happened
96 definitely prepared for Tyson here great sparring
It's the most unlikely-sounding sparring music. It's music to make you feel like praying or donating, not hitting another guy. Two nice Christian lads.
Shame we never saw a Tua Holyfield fight either