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When Lennox Lewis Faced His Smallest Opponent
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 เม.ย. 2025
- Below The Belt Boxing; Lennox Lewis vs David Tua
In the red corner standing at a gigantic 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighing in at a massive 250lb its Britain’s loudest lion, Lennox Lewis. Lennox would be coming into the fight as the undisputed heavyweight world champion and on the back of steamrolling the heavyweight division. Knocking out big name contenders along the way. Its safe to say they don’t make them like this anymore.
In the opposite corner stood a man just 5 feet 10 but what he lacked in height he made up for in God given punching power, coning in at 245lb and with a skull as thick as plank of wood it’s the South pacific islander Davis Tua. The Tua man would be fighting for his first world title after doing damage in the heavyweight division to claim his first shot.
Below The Belt Boxing
I give my hats off to Tua
He's a true champion and great fighter
Incredible Fighter
Lennox couldn’t even knock out Tua, Tua chin was made of steel, while Mike Tyson chin shattered and knocked out by Lennox
@@jak3140 Tua was a beast! Strong and a heavy puncher. I always rooted for him as a younger man. He was inspiring!
I'm a 70s, 80s, & 90s fan! 🎉
The short guy could reach the face of Lewis, great respect to Tua
Tua is a legend fighter 🎉🎉🎉
he is also a loser
hes also a loser as you saw
In his prime, Tua's immovable confidence is what broke most opponents before the fight even began...and when they also consider his undeniable power and unbreakable chin, the rest he leaves his opponents with is fear and caution
Lennox is one of the greatest to ever do it.tua was a beast too
😂😂😂😂
@AskiaSabur laughing like your better.never heard of you???wheres yr belts???thats funnier🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@kimuradixon4904 You can read all about me.
Lennox lewis is legend.
He ducked no one and beat all the best.
He also did something which is not ordinary.
He avenged both his losses.
Retired as champion.
True legend 🥊🥊🥊
With this style😂 he is not legend at all
Lenox là võ sĩ xem chán nhất..!Huyền thoại là Mike Tyson..!
@@13zveroboy89 lol. hahaha. it's funny when people refer to fighters running when they don't like the fighter. for fighter's they like they call it skillfulness. If an opponent cannot beat a running fighter, then he is even a bigger loser. That is why Mike Tyson was a real fighter. It didn't matter if you run or not he will get to you
@HappyBirthdayGreetings really!!!
And what happened to Tyson when they fought each other?
Just a lucky shot yeah lmao
@@Mozza-g2m But why are u even asking me this. I have not stated Lewi is running or Tyson is running. You made such claims. They fought and Lewis was the better man that night. Is that too hard for your IQ
Lennox Lewis was an intelligent boxer. He did not underrate his smallish and shorter challenger. Lewis kept him at a distance throughout.
You mean he ran ?
D Toua is the beast of pacific ,🥊🥊🥊 he punches like legendary Mike Tyson ❤️💯
and still loses
@@londolly kikiki m tyson loose again to Lewis
err no he did not punch like Tyson. If he did, he would have been able to achieve the same feats.
@@DingulwaziGumbiyeah after Tyson was like 20 persent of what he was in his prime, Lewis decided to fight against him😂😂 ....
@@13zveroboy89😂😂😂 Tyson in his prime didn t had opponent😂 he destroyd all the divission, he faught every champion
Tua war einer der größten 🎉Boxer
Луес юткизган тувага омад.!!!!!
And Lewis could not knock him out David Tua went the whole distance with him good job David🎉
I would hesitate to say "good job David." He did nothing, in a completely lopsided fight that went all Lewis's way.
david is loser , not good
lewis was not trying to knock him out , cant you see that ?
because lewis let him
And running from Tua’s hard punches
Lennox had a smart coach,respect to Manny.Yes they knew David was strong and his left hook dangerous,so they sparred with lots of guys and got them to throw like Dave.Good trainer fighter plans for each opponent.
Lennox was my favourite boxer
Mc call give lesson to him
Tua was a devastating puncher …he had the power to knock out Lennox
Tuyệt Đỉnh Lắm Xin 🎉🎉❤ Chúc Các Bạn Rất Nhiều 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤
I love lewis with all my heart ❤️
Lewis Scared only walking back back back👎🏻👎🏻 never went toe to toe like Tua Wanted💪🏻💯
why should he? this is boxing not a dumb street fight
Fight to win nt to impress th crowd mus😂😂😂😂@@RingJando
Oh. I C! Do what your opponent wants!! You should fight the way that's best suited for your opponent!!
The hate people have for jennox is off the charts. This is exactly how you handle a smaller fighter.
Fight with the proper style for that situation and win
@@bosmanragga51 win get jo money go enjoy wth jo pple while othrs remain complainng as if thy wer goin to do bettr than u😁😁😁
Tua vs Tyson would have been a great fight
That's a fight I've given a lot of thought, along with Liston v Marciano. 💥
tyson would have won in the first punch , lewis was a joke in that fight , boo to lewis
tyson would have finished him in ten seconds flat
@@londollyAbsolutely not! The Tuaman had a granite chin 💪
@@londolly M Tyson would have destroyed him.
So much skill
Great job Lenox
lewis stank in that fight hope is ashamed of him self , for sure , no skill from lewis in that joke of a fight , thats for sure
@@londollyNo boxing historian would agree with you.
@@ThouSwell-zx3fd get a brain already , you could use one
@@ThouSwell-zx3fd so sad , you are so blind and no nothing at all , so sad
@@ThouSwell-zx3fd you know nothing at all , its a shame for you
Lenox Louis the legend❤😊❤
The little man deserves credit for stepped up to fight with the big man with proven record smashing bigger men.
o baixinho rebate com a cara
not this time
@@londolly
Knowing the physical disadvantage, anytime a small man raises his fists against a bigger man certainly takes a lot of courage.
lost this time , not so bad
Luis, the new track runner😂
🎉🎉tv
Genius fighter
Louis boxt klug aber auch mit großem Respekt vor David Tua.
The commentators 😂😂
Tua, VERY brave man
We never saw David's best that day. That result...
Tua looks like a kid in front of len nix🎊😂😂
"Smallest" should read "Shortest". Tua is definitely not small.
English is not well spoken
Weird as the narrator sounds English @SydneyFrancis-os8sz
Tua wasn't Lewis' shortest opponent.
@@FFMM7 True. Justine Fortune was 5'9" or shorter.
I'm the same height as him but only about 190 lbs, and people often think I'm quite big and tall, and are surprised when I tell them I'm only 5ft10.5.
A warm-up for Tyson!
@@paulgill6059 a beat down from Tua
Pero Lewis le ganó a Tyson ...
Tua he reminded me a lot of Mike Tyson
I was thinking the same. But Tua being less agressive made him go to the distance.
Both guys brought-it-all
lewis did nothing against a midget , he should be very ashamed
I dont think tua did. He came in too heavy imo
Not a chance, Lennox fought smart and just did what he needed to win
lewis the GOAT
lewis the joke is more like it
@@londolly for casual fans like you
@@RareMan-d3w lewis had a hard time with a midget , so sad
you should educate yourself
@@RareMan-d3w educate yourself
Va'inga Tuigamala's cousin. Brutal rugby player, David was the same. Tactically, i think he should have moved in and opened Lewis up in the body. Lewis was defending his head and leaving his ribs open. Imagine two or three of those left hooks to the liver? Big guy would have gone down like a sack of spuds.
Lennox would destroy todays boxers.
Lennox would run through the whole division top 100.
Lennox can't fight Tyson Furry my friend 😂
Lol get real@@forkuelvis5923
100%@@belowthebeltboxing
Him and many others like Larry Holmes, Smoking Joe, Sonny Listen and ext.
Tua's spiky hair made him slightly taller!
😅😮😢😢
Tua tried very hard and gave a good account of himself against the best in the business in that era - there was no comparison to Lennox Lewis in the 90s. Giving up so much in height and reach advantage, Tua stuck at it and kept trying to work his way on the inside to land his own shots. He was up against a legend and arguably the best that ever did it. Credit where its due to the Samoan Warrior.
Superb video and commentary, thank you.
Loved Lennox Lewis!
lewis did not impress me at all in this fight , no way , nothing to love there
Won a gold medal for Canada.
Nice one. Thanks for sharing
if Tua did not keep walking in the lewis hand he would of won
If he did different things, he'd get different results. How profound.
And Lewis would have neutralised anything Tua did, so no, he wouldn't have.
no way
Good boxer in those days ❤
Lewis was a compassionate and professional boxer. He didn't want to hurt people more than he had to and has spoken to the ref about stopping a fight more than once. Tua put up a good show but was way out boxed by Lennox who had nothing to prove by hurting, or worse, his opponents. Lennox was working his way through challengers and was mindful of the injuries boxing could inflict on fighters. He retired as word champion with no one disputing his greatness or worthiness and has made no desperate returns as other boxers have. He was a class act and by a country mile the best boxer of his generation.
this is bs
Yes
Exactly
Да только проигрывая Кличко ,сознательно головой разбил бровь. А так ничего.
David Vs Goliath🥊🥊🥊🥊
Tua fought like Joe Frazier
and lost
tua vs tyson might be the big fight
yes it would have been.....def ending in a knockout....but which version of Tyson are you talking about...before he went to jail or after?
@@lastdragon820 i am talking about the one that you would prefer.
it would not last ten seconds , tyson would kill him with first punch
Right on ✅ 👌
This is the fight everyone wanted to see back in the day
Good job we had a interpretation
if Tua is little bit taller, Lenox didn't stand a change.
ملاكم صغير وشجاع ياتي اليوم الذي يصبح فيه بطلا للعالم bon courage
Rah hadhak lyawm
not if he keeps losing
How would you see Tua doing now?
Could he rock AJ, go in with Wildier or give Tyson Fury problems?
One of the greatest heavyweights to not hold a Heavyweight title.
Usyk is far better than these overrated tall fighters.
In today's Heavyweight era....Tua is a world champion....NONE and I mean NONE of these boxers can fight on the inside and really do not throw effective jabs.
@@FFMM7 you must have forgot Usyk got knocked out by Dubois with a body shot...and they robbed Dubois.
@@lastdragon820 Don't make my boots laugh. Why are you carrying around your blow to the belt like it's a sacred object? What did Dubois show in that fight, except for hitting the belt? That's ridiculous. He ended up on the floor twice from Usyk's light blows.
@@ГрицькоГудевітер hit below the belt thats funny...lol. Why don't you admit it..glass gut usyk got knocked out by a body punch and needed corrupt referee to help with win...lol
Tua was a tough guy in the ring with a dig on him, Lennox was just too big, fast and tactically astute for him to make an impact (no pun) in the fight. Not all mismatches end in an opponent getting blasted out of the ring, but that doesn't change the fact that this was a mismatch.
Toooo big!
Tua was out of shape and fat.Lewis never beat the prime Tua. The real mismatch was the Mccall-lewis when
Mccall destroyed Lewis int the second round easily.
@FFMM7 wow what a hater. Lewis destroyed mcall second fight made him litterally cry publicly and retire.. that's destruction
Lennox was a coward & dirty fighter who back pedaled & ran all night. He was scared of Tua. If Tua had Cus D'Amato he would have crushed Lewis😢😅🙋🤣💈
@@always_trust_all_scientistsIn the second fight, Don King brought McCall directly from a serious drug rehab to the ring! McCall had been strung out on crack for months, no training, he wasn't even in to the fight, & definitely wasn't scared of a pathetic Lewis😅
lenox lewis is best boxer
Lewis was terrified in this fight !
If "terrified" means know exactly how to win a fight, ok. When he knew for sure he could make Tua miss virtually every shot, Lewis was REALLY "terrified":^)
Hahaha ya ok!
but he won
Well he knew he didn't have the best chin and a single mistake could've costed the fight so he played smart, you absolutely don't trade blows with Tua, ever lol
Louis boxt mit großem Respekt vor Tua.
If Lewis does not used his hit and run strategy ' then he would be knockout from Tua's powerful punch ! 😮
It's called boxing. You're actually supposed hit the other guy, & try not get hit back.
dont think so
@@londolly I DO think so and I'm a Lewis fan
Thats WHY he BOXED him & gave David a lesson.
Did not know he was born in London and raised in Canada 😮 and represented team GB❤
My brother played high school football with him when he lived in Csnada.
Lewis best.
Yeah he ran everywhere in the ring from the smallest opponent..The Tuaminator
Mis respetos para David tua ...lewis no pudo noquearlo
Tua was just there to move the head for showoff😂
Tua was offensive, Lewis was defensive & thinking. 😮😊
Tua definitely wasn't small disadvantaged by his height
he was very small
Tua won!
Tua was shot shy after his beating from Ike Ibeabuchi 🥊🥊
New subscriber here! Love all the Lewis videos!
Who sees lennox closely looks alike terrence crawford.i think terrence crawford is a small version of lennox lewis who's with me😂
Lennox seems taking too easy.
David Tua vs Mike Tyson would have been a very interesting bout.
That is the fight everyone wanted to see back in the day.
A short one no doubt. Tyson would have eaten Tua for breakfast.
@@klowdboss1026 I disagree, Tua had a granite chin and a thunderous left hook. No early KO against that guy.
@@klowdboss1026 I feel Tua would of had the advantage against Tyson, people are such fanboys they not realistic. When it comes to power they both the same, Tyson would be the more polished boxer out of the 2, and speed would probably go to Tyson however Tua had a way better chin and was tougher and Tua probably the better endurance. If Tyson can't knock Tua out early Tua would knock Tyson out in the later rounds.
@@ashleydavis7448 So why didn't Tua have a great career. Just look at their records. Tyson was an unstoppable force who beat everyone. Tua was not. If Tua was such a great fighter, then why didn't he excel? Tua fanboys are the ones who are not realistic. Tua didn't trouble Lennox in any way. Tua didn't have the weapons to become the champ. Take his hook away and he's a limited, above average fighter.
Lenox Lewis unable to dropped Tua. It was his height that saved him and he surely was scared of Tuas left hook.
lol were you watching the same fight?
Lewis had a very good defense and a powerful counter-attack that was why Tua was very careful. That was a chess game.
Cmon, lewis toyed with him
Tua was a one trick pony that was never going to work on a skilful boxer like Lewis
Tua seemed to be just a one dimensional fighter---a big left hook !
But what a hook!! 💪
And a hairdo
No he was boxing at the beginning of the bout,but Lennox continued to box him from the outside, later in the round tua was too tired to have any impact.
And a genius level defense
It may be hard to believe now, but up until the late 90's boxing was as exciting as the UFC is today.
This fight disappointed many boxing fans and caused fight fans to lose interest in boxing.
Hello ikot hader menonton petinju dunia bagus sekali kawan q🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍
Lewis , es un gran boxeador , le va a ganar al chato .
He would have knocked down some many times in this generation of boxers.
Never had respect to Lewis , he was an accident In History of boxing . His legend didn’t last long . Tyson is the greatest boxer ever
This was the difference between Tua & Mike Tyson. Tyson could close the distance faster than anyone.
The little man continuosly knocking at the big man's door proves little man feared nobody including big man.
Lewis and Ali may have similar builds, but they sure are polar opposites as heavyweight champions. One was exquisitely beautiful to watch and the other was exquisitely boring. I know which I prefer.
Lenox petinju terbaik di kelas berat. Tinggi besar kuat cerdik.
he didnt do crap in that fight , made me sick , hope hes ashamed
and holyfield kicked his ass
Both are technical and different of type skill boxers .
Salam olahraga masse 👍👍👍
Tua fought some big opponents and obliterated them but Lewis is different he is a tactical fighter. He calculated the distance where Tua threw his power punch less effective to him. It's only Holyfield who mastered that kind of attack to lewis making the fight interesting to watch
Fight between the very short arms,and a long arms.👍
Those Brits always stress that Lewis was british. That's irrelevant.
they do that because they are proud of lewis as they should be and proud of their country too and so am I
Tua didn’t let go of his hands that was his downfall
He couldn't....Lewis Jab and the fear of Lewis right hand
Tua didn’t have the tools to unlock Lewis. Lewis was too good on every level.
He is the. Tua Man. A true kiwi legend of this boxing era of days gone always a battle whoever he fought 🦾
@@lastdragon820 and yet they couldn’t knock each other out is saying a lot 🤣
Tua did let his hands go at first. He failed to connect so badly that he went to plan'B', but Tua doesn't have a plan 'B'. He never needed one before.
Lewis was like ...Just pass the time and collect the dime .
Low blow from Lewis? From 6 ft 5 to 5 ft 10 low blow?
Never should a chance of winning lewis was a clever boxer
Tua was not the smallest opponent Lewis ever faced. He was the shortest. In fact, Tua weighed only 5lbs less than Lewis.
Una pelea verdaderamente desproporcionada David con un Jack de , escasos 120 CM y llenos con el mejor de 130cm que bárbaro! Se sabía que Tus perdería !!🫤
Lewis is a REAL “PRO”!!!❤❤❤
One sided commentary. Tua is a great fighter.
One-sided fight:^)
So good Lennox made him look. Ordinary so what's that make lennox.
yeah thats why he lost.hmmn not so great to me
also a great loser
yes absolutely .tua should have won hands down .,more heart ,more aggression .you carnt win by running away like lewis did .
Lenox and coach were good strategists. The shortness of Touv was a great advantage to destroy Lexon. Touv could easily secure an upper cut that would wreck Lenox. This was the advantage Tyson enjoyed in his boxing career.
23:34 If he tried this lightning fast haymaker more often he could of got lucky!
what does thy think? I'm not expert
Small guy did great went 12 rds
Tua had a chin of granite.
Much better than Tyson or Morrison.
Mike Tyson in his short lived “boxing prime” (different than his prime) would have slaughtered Lewis 😉
Lewis has better jab
@@adeiyetobi7633Lewis also left bigger openings than most boxers for a prime Mike Tyson to get inside.
Morrison knocked Tuia out
I hate the commentaries from the commentators👎👎
Tua made a nice fight with punches also felt by Lewis.
It wasn't a one-sided fight.
Best of luck pacifist👍👍
Ike was crazy as hell
Yes, come on islander boxer.