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Seldon, Ahunanya then the ever dangerous TBA.
Limited competiton, but Tua will get some rounds in and more importantly fulfill the MaoriTV contract.
I expect to see a fit, motivated David Tua looking for a big fight after these three, and I'm thinking he might just be in the right frame of mind to really give someone trouble - we shall see.

lets hope this title charge ends with him wearing a strap around his waist.

tua-haye in london for the undisputed heavyweight championship april 2011. bring it on!

adamheight wrote:lets hope this title charge ends with him wearing a strap around his waist.

tua-haye in london for the undisputed heavyweight championship april 2011. bring it on!

are you going back in april 2011?

Seldon is a former WBA World Champion and Ahunanya was the first man to beat Cameron.

That's limited?

Brute wrote:Seldon is a former WBA World Champion and Ahunanya was the first man to beat Cameron.

That's limited?

u seen seldon fight?

and ahununya has made more money as a sparring partner around the US gyms than he has purses

The Seldon fight is only for a highlight reel KO. It's to make some money and build up hype. I think the Ahunanya fight is there to help gauge how good Tua is now. Ahunanya is a short heavyweight who has only been knocked out once, and that was several years ago. He has fought Ibragimov and Povetkin since.

All in all, not that bad. Hopefully the 3rd opponent will be yet another step up from the first 2, readying Tua for a World title shot (provided he wins all 3 fights of course).

This is good, with two solid opponents already booked. Perhaps more imporant than even the opposition is the timeframe - as Arum said, it will help with maintaining condition and a public profile.

Seldon, even at this age, can be a handful when he's in shape, but I can't see him standing up to Tua's power. If Ahunanya boxes clever (which he can), he could definitely cause some problems. Depends what mentality he enters the fight with. There's the potential for the Seldon fight to end early, which is good for Tua's highlight reel, but if Ahunanya can give him some rounds and pose him some problems, that will help sharpen the Tuaman up.

adamheight wrote:lets hope this title charge ends with him wearing a strap around his waist.

tua-haye in london for the undisputed heavyweight championship april 2011. bring it on!

thats not fair...leaving haye to beat the giant klits first

funso banjo baby wrote:

adamheight wrote:lets hope this title charge ends with him wearing a strap around his waist.

tua-haye in london for the undisputed heavyweight championship april 2011. bring it on!

thats not fair...leaving haye to beat the giant klits first

Can't they both have a Klit each?

Oliver.....are you still talking about boxing?

adamheight wrote:

Brute wrote:Seldon is a former WBA World Champion and Ahunanya was the first man to beat Cameron.

That's limited?

u seen seldon fight?

and ahununya has made more money as a sparring partner around the US gyms than he has purses

Beware of underestimating veterans. Seldon is 42, but he is still only losing to good fighters. I am not saying Tua cannot beat him, but he has a 40-8 record with 36 KOs. Granted he has been KOed 7 times, but he is still dangerous.

Of the 5 fights Ahunanya lost, three were or became World Champs, and they were all taller than him.

Brute wrote:

adamheight wrote:

Brute wrote:Seldon is a former WBA World Champion and Ahunanya was the first man to beat Cameron.

That's limited?

u seen seldon fight?

and ahununya has made more money as a sparring partner around the US gyms than he has purses

Beware of underestimating veterans. Seldon is 42, but he is still only losing to good fighters. I am not saying Tua cannot beat him, but he has a 40-8 record with 36 KOs. Granted he has been KOed 7 times, but he is still dangerous.

Of the 5 fights Ahunanya lost, three were or became World Champs, and they were all taller than him.

Agreed