Who had a better, stronger chin, Mike Tyson or David Tua?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Could Tua take the punches Ruddock hit Tyson with? Did Ruddock punch harder than Ike? Could a prime Tyson have taken shots better against Lewis?
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    If you go off the Lewis fights I'd say Tua, in general I'd still say Tua, just without any real certainty
     
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  3. Mod-Mania

    Mod-Mania Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tua.
     
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  4. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Tua clearly
     
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  5. Glass City Cobra

    Glass City Cobra H2H Burger King

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    Tua gave hardly any effort in the lewis fight and wouldn't open up. Thats not a good comparison. Tyson was also like 60 in boxing years and took way more punishment.

    Despite saying all that, id still say tua had the better chin and stamina over 12 while tyson had more fighting spirit and endurance.
     
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  6. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Not clearly though.
     
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  7. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Who cares?

    We might as well be asking whether Chuvalo or Tyson had a better chin!

    The gulf in class is so great, that the question id irrelevant!
     
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  8. 2piece

    2piece Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tyson I would say, he was knocked out 3 times, but he was trying to win and not just survive.
     
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  9. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Clearly though.
     
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  10. gerryb

    gerryb Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tua.Tyson had a pretty good chin though imo. Im watching old Tua fights and man he took a lot of punches.
     
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  11. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Theres not much in it. Both had good chins
     
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  12. Mendoza

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    Tua, but Tyson took a good shot as well.
     
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  13. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This. Also, Tyson was 50+ fights into his career and 35 years old when he fought Lennox while Tua was 27 years old with less than 40 fights at the time, so Tua was a lot closer to his prime when he fought Lennox than Tyson was.
     
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  14. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Tua also stopped coming forward and basically gave up. Tyson kept coming forward, and whether he gave up or not he certainly didn't pack it in like Tua did.
     
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  15. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Good chins but they had Glass Minds
     
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