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In their respective primes who would you fancy?

Good question. I dont see Tua knocking McCall out in any way.
Tua though would be able ot up the pace and keep the pressure
on, the question is would McCall be able to keep up with a young
and peak Tua ?

I shall watch some McCall fights and come back to you on this
one.

Tua via a workmanlike decision.

Thats what I am thinking to. I can not think of McCall being
consistent enough to defeat Tua. I shall have to dig up some
fights soon.

What if Mccall came in with some kind of ambition?

I think it could be somewhat similar to Ike-Tua, although I am not sure who of them would've won.

Roco wrote:What if Mccall came in with some kind of ambition?

Then he wouldn't be McCall now would he. Tua by wide ud

According to some you should not account for personality or mental status, only skill level.

Does that help solve this one? I suppose you have to go with Tua, the stable guy who lost the close one to the mentally unstable Ibeabuchi.

But in some cases the guy who knows KARATE should be careful in the presence of the guy who knows KARAZOR, and even more cautious around the man who knows KARAZEE'.

BoxBuzz wrote:According to some you should not account for personality or mental status, only skill level.

Does that help solve this one? I suppose you have to go with Tua, the stable guy who lost the close one to the mentally unstable Ibeabuchi.

- Reportedly Ike never had any problems until after the Tua fight.

That's when his headaches, hallucinations, and bizarre criminal behaviour begins. In short, Tua ruined Ike and never gets enough credit for his role in delivering the goods in one of the most fastest most punishing fights ever.

One could also argue that after the Tua fight Ike's stock
went up, alot. And with that so did his ego.

With that perhaps Ike perhaps thought he was the man
before he ever really stepped into the real 'man' at the
time.

The hallucinations could be delusions of grandeur, the criminal
behaviour....well often to alot of bad guys, their only criminals
if they get caught.

BroughtonRulesRefuge wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:According to some you should not account for personality or mental status, only skill level.

Does that help solve this one? I suppose you have to go with Tua, the stable guy who lost the close one to the mentally unstable Ibeabuchi.

- Reportedly Ike never had any problems until after the Tua fight.

That's when his headaches, hallucinations, and bizarre criminal behaviour begins. In short, Tua ruined Ike and never gets enough credit for his role in delivering the goods in one of the most fastest most punishing fights ever.

Sort of adds up....these guys were going at it like it was the old days. Some of us thought Tua eeked it out.

BoxBuzz wrote: But in some cases the guy who knows KARATE should be careful in the presence of the guy who knows KARAZOR, and even more cautious around the man who knows KARAZEE'.

lol

Neither have great boxing skills so would it not come down to who was the tougher man?