David Tua error

gordero · Post by **gordero** » 30 Mar 2008, 13:35

In Tua's last fight (against Cerrone Fox), he weighed 233 and not 243 (as reported on this site):

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hu ... &cat=boxer

Blue · Post by **Blue** » 30 Mar 2008, 17:32

What is your source?

gordero · Post by **gordero** » 03 Apr 2008, 12:47

Fightnews.com covered the weigh-in and published the weights, and the pre-fight announcements also listed Tua at 233 or 234.

Throughout the fight, the commentators made the same observation.

Check out the comment at the 4:03 mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFyltFAz2OE

Here's a story about the weigh-in where they place him at 234:

http://www.boxingnews24.com/2007/09/rah ... -weigh-in/

JCS · Post by **JCS** » 03 Apr 2008, 13:51

I bet you Blue is gonna say he has the commission report :)

This sounds like the time where Castillo supposedly weighed in at 139.5 for a TUNEUP bout in Mexico in late '07 (while the websites reported 146).... yet he couldn't get under 143 just recently for a title eliminator.

gordero · Post by **gordero** » 03 Apr 2008, 23:43

Apparently I can't include a direct url to fight.news, so here's the article and link. Remove the periods between "fight" and "news" and the link will work.

http://www.fight.news.com/fight.news_2/ ... qqfJJ.html

Rahman, Tua, Paris Weights!

Thursday, September 6 2007

by Andre Courtemanche

Hasim Rahman 250 vs. Dicky Ryan 238
David Tua 234 vs. Cerrone Fox 220
Vernon Paris 142 vs. Patrick Byrd 144
Brian Mihtar 158 vs. Chris Grays 157
Brandon Little 140.5 vs. Frederico Flores Jr. 141.25
Larry Ventis 140.5 vs. Jones Petit Homme 139
Tara Davis 104 vs. Treasure Saunders TBD
Promoter: Carlos Llinas International Productions and Blue Cap Promotions
Venue: Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
TV: Fox Sports Detroit (tape delay) and live in New Zealand/Australia

NYboxing · Post by **NYboxing** » 04 Apr 2008, 02:05

dug out a dvd of the fight, and Tua's weight was announced at 234 pounds - whatever that is worth

gordero · Post by **gordero** » 10 Apr 2008, 13:55

Blue · Post by **Blue** » 10 Apr 2008, 18:57

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe Commission Executive Officer Bill
Miley who supervised the weigh in said the correct weight was 234.

FYI nobody’s perfect; AFAIK, there were a least 4 different weights reported.

Boxrec is a data site that gathers info from newspapers, internet sites, television
etc. and anchors them with an “Official” report from the supervising commission.
They-all-make-mistakes and don’t always agree. (Including commissions.)

A catch 22 takes time to sort out because we want to be accurate as possible.
Thanks for your patience.

gordero · Post by **gordero** » 10 Apr 2008, 23:32

Thanks for getting the info and making the change. This site is, by far, the best when it comes to presenting accurate info on the sport 8)