LAS VEGAS - It was the David Tua Show until the bell rang. Then it was all Lennox Lewis.
A sellout crowd at Mandalay Bay came to see a brawl, but what they got was a superb tactical performance by the IBF-WBC heavyweight champion as Lewis scored a one-sided decision Saturday night.
Tua came into the ring to the sound of a conch shell being blown and the earsplitting beat of Samoan drums and to the cheers of the crowd. Then he spent the rest of the night eating a diet of left jabs and right-hand leads to the face.
The 5-foot-10 native of Western Samoa now living in New Zealand simply had no chance against the 6-5 champion from Britain.
Lewis was credited with landing 300 punches to 110 for Tua. Of the punches Lewis landed, 213 were jabs.
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