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David Tua vs Nate Tubbs — record, stats and common opponents compared

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David Tua

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Nate Tubbs

David Tua (52-5-2) and Nate Tubbs (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Tua

52

Wins43 KO · 83%

5

Losses

2

Draws59 tracked bouts

Tubbs

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Tua leads 1–0

David Tua and Nate Tubbs have met 1 time; Tua leads 1–0.

David Tua and Nate Tubbs have met 1 time; Tua leads 1–0.
Met1998May 30Series
David TuaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Nate TubbsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Tua 5 · Tubbs 1 of 6 measurable rows
TuaTubbs
Record†
52-5-2 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
89.8% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 43
43 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
82.69%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
83%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.8
2.8 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
59
3

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
David Tua: 5′10″
Nate Tubbs: No height on file
Reachnot held
David Tua: 70″
Nate Tubbs: No reach on file
Age8 yrs apart
David Tua: 53
Nate Tubbs: 61
Stance
David Tua: Orthodox
Nate Tubbs: Not recorded

David Tua left, Nate Tubbs right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
David Tua52 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

David Tua: 52 tracked wins — 43 by KO/TKO (83%) and 9 on the cards (17%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

43 by KO/TKO 83%9 on the cards 17%

Nate Tubbs1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Nate Tubbs: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — David Tua 59, Nate Tubbs 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

David Tua last boxed on Nov 16, 2013 — 4,725 days ago. Tua had lost two straight, after one straight win.WDWLL

Ahunanya Mar 2010Barrett Jul 2010King Mar 2011Barrett Aug 2011Ustinov Nov 20132.8 tracked bouts per year

Nate Tubbs last boxed on May 30, 1998 — 10,374 days ago. Tubbs had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Sanders May 1994Clay-Bey Mar 1998Tua May 19980.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have David Tua and Nate Tubbs ever fought each other?
Yes. David Tua and Nate Tubbs met once on May 30, 1998, and David Tua won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WMay 30, 1998 · Tua · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tua or Tubbs?
David Tua is 52-5-2 and Nate Tubbs is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. David Tua has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Tua52–5–289.8%

Tubbs1–233.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tua or Tubbs?
David Tua has 43 knockout wins and Nate Tubbs has 1. David Tua has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tua4382.7%

Tubbs1

The Numbers ↓
Do Tua and Tubbs have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both David Tua and Nate Tubbs have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tua and Tubbs?
This comparison is drawn from 59 bouts tracked for David Tua and 3 bouts tracked for Nate Tubbs. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tua59bouts

Tubbs3bouts

How They Win ↓

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