Still Think Tyson Didnt Have An Iron Chin ?

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  1. Unforgiven

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    What is that ?
    I mean, examples.
     
  2. McGrain

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    Chris Eubank vs Nigel Benn.
     
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  3. Wass1985

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    Chris Eubank slowly took Benn apart. He was never in danger of being knocked out or stopped.
     
  4. Unforgiven

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    Good one.
     
  5. Unforgiven

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    I think that's the point. He was never in danger or being knocked out or stopped.
    Benn had a lot of momentum in that fight, had Eubank down too.
     
  6. McGrain

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    That's the whole point.
     
  7. Wass1985

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    Get you now in a way?????
     
  8. Wass1985

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    I read it that Eubank had the chin to turn around a beat down whereas Tyson didn't. My point is Eubank wasn't in any real danger in that fight or seriously hurt.
     
  9. Unforgiven

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    I suppose it shows how it takes more than an iron chin to go the distance with superior fighters at heavyweight when the fighting gets fierce.
    I think Pinklon Thomas had an iron chin too. Didn't help him get past the 6th round against Tyson.
     
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  10. Unforgiven

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    Yeah, it's kind of a grey area. It's hard to pinpoint what "tide turning punch resistance" is or is not, hence why I asked McGrain for the example. Eubank-Benn makes some sense to me, I think.
     
  11. GALVATRON

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    For those on the other thread a little reminder of what foreman would be dealing with and his style of one shot clubbing with no decent fast combos to set his punches up against Tyson and this wasnt prime Tyson here....
     
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  12. mike foreman

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    Im not convinced Foreman could take what Tyson took from Lewis for 8, even in his prime. Or those smashes from Ruddock without having to get off the canvas.
     
  13. mike foreman

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    My next edition of "Why a Prime Mike Tyson beats...." will be about him beating a 90s Foreman. And he would beat a 90s Foreman. Even 1991 Tyson could deal with a 70s Foreman
     
  14. GALVATRON

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    I consider 90's foreman more formidable but i see no change other than Foreman in his second comeback can potentially go 12 or get T.KO'd late in the fight.
     
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  15. mike foreman

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    He wanted to fight Tyson in 1987. I see nothing other than a massacre reminiscent of a modern day Dempsey/Willard

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