Rate Mike Tyson's chin

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  1. jd2334

    jd2334 Active Member Full Member

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  2. Caelum

    Caelum Boxing Addict Full Member

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    According to most, Tyson was a 167 feet tall, and weighed 215 Godzilla tons that preyed on small Japanese people like a bully...nicknamed Godzilla.
    In reality, he tended to be the smaller man looking up to his opponents...although like an American-Pitball does with his victims.
     
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    It's probably due to the camera angle and distance, but he hardly looks over 5-10 max if that, in this video:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A42BzG80XWk[/ame]
     
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    in his prime, he took some big shots with ease
     
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  5. Caelum

    Caelum Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So how is this 5'10 fighter standing 5 foot, 10 inches above his 6 foot 2 inch opponent?

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    :rofl

    Far as his chin goes:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcVJVvDTJeo[/ame]
     
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    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ruddock tried to fight that smirk off at the end after Mike's wisecrack lol. Ruddock was like ok, that was a good line Mike.
     
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    Danmann Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I voted pretty good. Tyson had great defense, so we never draw him get hit much, especially in his prime. No way I can agree with anyone rating his chin as weak.
     
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    Solid chin. 8/10. 10/10 heart.
     
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    I rate Lennux higher as an ATG Heavyweight, but **** all that great chin bull****. He's the only one who can lay claim to twice being knocked out from a single punch as defending champion/titlist. :deal Worse, these occurred in the 2nd and 5th rounds respectively when he'd sustained very minimal punishment.

    Putting him in there with Holyfield and Holmes... :patsch
     
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    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    :lol: I get your frustration. I never said Lewis had a great chin either, as Tyson's was clearly better and with better recovery IMO

    People act like Mike was a Mental midget but he was a hard man no matter how you slice it.
     
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    Tyson had zero chin. Knocked out by cans his whole career
     
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    There wasn't any type of mental breakdown in Tokyo. That was a motivated, supremely conditioned super-heavyweight handing Tyson his ass IN his physical prime. Buster had a lot more talent than he's given credit for and the way his jab was working would've bothered Mike regardless. He was also come off six consecutive wins which I think bears mentioning considering how typically inconsistent he was throughout his career. The thing I don't like about it is that Tyson came out lethargic from the very start and just wasn't making the typical type of sustained effort to attack, just walking straight in hardly throwing punches.
     
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  15. Caelum

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    After the first, Tyson seemed to just want to punch and clinch. And because of that, Douglas took advantage. Tyson's would be reaching for the clinch and Douglas would bust him up. That's not how he used to work himself on the inside. And the Jab was missing among many things.



    Tyson/Douglas: Tyson got beat up by Berbick, Page and McCall in Sparring

    http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=389527


    For your points...its interesting to hear what Lewis, Bruno have to say about it

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dta8NVdwC6U[/ame]


    Oliver McCall's warning
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGMosai4brY[/ame]





    A review:
    Where's The Fire?

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1139899/3/index.htm

    Also of note:

    Glenn McCrory on Mik Tyson vs. Frank Bruno II....Bruno to be favored?

    http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=407409
     
    Caelum, Jun 17, 2012
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