David Tua did have a great chin however...

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  1. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    Jerry Quarry took his right hand
     
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    Thats why not everyone is a champion.
     
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  3. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    David Tua certainly has a great chin, but he was still knocked down. He had the misfortune of boxing when Oliver McCall (one of the contenders for greatest chin, and IMO he is).
     
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  4. Greg Price99

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    Tua had a very strong chin & extremely slow feet
     
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    Watch the Ike fight.
     
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  6. RockyJim

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    And he crapped his pants in every big fight he was in...
     
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  7. Mike_b

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    Someone once told me Tua, it may not look like the punches hurt that land on him, but he was definitely affected by them = look at the fres Oquendo fight. Fres was peppering him with soft punches but Tua couldn't get set to punch. It was Oquendo the busier and more accurate of the two, until he landed "that concussive punch in the later rounds".
     
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  8. Thread Stealer

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    I remember when Larry Merchant said there was “nothing manly” about Byrd’s fighting style when he was facing Ibeabuchi.

    But I give Byrd credit, he hurt Tua to the body in the 8th round when they fought. I was surprised by that.

    Byrd did a lot of that pitty-pat slap stuff which wasn’t fun to watch, but sometimes he would put more into his shots when he was going to the body.
     
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