Prime Tyson: Which KO victim did you expect to last longer?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Tony Tubbs had never been stopped and had skill and toughness ,fast hands.
    He came in with that extra weight hanging off him.
    But for a brief time he showed flashes of how good he could be.
    That was another impressive display from Tyson, putting Tubbs down in the second.
     
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    Spinks. Even with hindsight, the bad knees etc he really should've gone longer.
     
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    Now that was a shocker.
     
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    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He was wrapped in one a few times but just not by Peter McNeely.
     
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    Turnip mk3 Active Member Full Member

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    If i remember I thought Tubbs would do better
     
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    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I never thought Bruce Seldon would last very long but I expected him to go down from a punch and not a gust of air.
     
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  8. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Carl "The Truth" Williams had all the tools, size, style to give Tyson some trouble at least for awhile. He just had a flaw that he that left him open to a lefthook.