To me, this is a KO that puts a smile on my face!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUvrS...eature=related
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To me, this is a KO that puts a smile on my face!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUvrS...eature=related
Seeing Lennox Lewis go down and not get up with a single punch to his jaw/chin vs McCall and Rahman brought a smile to my face. I even got a bigger smile when he was interviewed after the fight by Larry Merchant and was asked what he thought about that KO punch and Lewis said something like as if the punch was really no big deal, not powerful at all, etc. And Larry, knowing the way he is, confronted him saying that if the punch was not that bad then he would have gotten up hahahahaha!
The clip narsman showing Jones KO Paz was the best super middle ever, including Joe Galzaghe.
For me this just shows that if you could somehow put the 70s heavys in with the 90s heavys both in their primes the 70s would massacre the 90s. I personally would have loved to have seen prime George against prime Tyson. I think that this would have been similar to the Foreman-Frazier fights with Tyson just constantly coming forward and George knocking him down. The only difference being Tyson would not have got up as many times as Frazier did if he got up at all.
Also great clip of Roy Jones Junior destroying Paz. Without doubt the greatest SMW of all time at that point.
Have to disagree with you about Foreman, because Tyson was a better defensive fighter than Frazier, had greater speed and dangerous with both hands.:)
lewis got up against mccallQuote:
Originally Posted by Chino
I agree tyson had an amazing defense and could get under shots very well i feel tyson is a surperior fighter to foreman skill wise but the way foreman throws his punches from underneath like his uppercuts for example makes tysons best weapon which his bob weaving and getting under the bigger mans punches his weakness in this case which is why frazier lost and tyson even in his prime did get caught with uppercuts especially the uppercut that lifted him off his feet against tucker mike tyson had amazing balance to stay on his feet after that shotQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
Tyson had a 19 inch neck that also helped him take the punches, at his peak he had a very good chin.
yes it did i always thought tyson had very good chin the punches he took from ruddock and the punches he took from holyfield in the 10th round was quite astonishing if tyson had heart and was more dedicated he would of been atg i think it would of been better had he won the title when he was a bit older i think it was too much for him to handle at that time being youngQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
Tyson did not have a great chin. Everyone who hit him cleanly hurt him and he wobbled like Bruno, Bonecrusher, Ruddock, Douglas (KO), Evander (KO), Lennox (KO).Quote:
Originally Posted by ssssyes it did i always thought tyson had very good chin the punches he took from ruddock and the punches he took from holyfield in the 10th round was quite astonishing if tyson had heart and was more dedicated he would of been atg i think it would of been better had he won the title when he was a bit older i think it was too much for him to handle at that time being youngQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
When he let Kevin Rooney go this point was proven to me because he started to lose his old defensive style and get caught more frequently and had he been in with better people than the likes of Ruddock he would have been knocked out more times when he took these shots.
Now Evander on the other hand, if you want to talk about chin and power of recovery look at him. He used to block shots with his head and I used to think how is he still standing from that? This was a truly remarkable chin not Tysons.
Hate to disagree with you but Bruno and Bonecrusher were big punchers who could take your head off, and Tyson was stunned for milli-seconds. He took a serious beating from a big Douglas and went toe to toe with Rudduck , who KO ed Dokes unconscious and left standing with his "smash". The punches he took from Holyfield and Lewis, when he was a shell of a fighter showed he did have a very good chin.
Tyson endured a lot of punishment in those fights before being knocked out. Which proves he had a great chin.Quote:
Originally Posted by rjj tszyuTyson did not have a great chin. Everyone who hit him cleanly hurt him and he wobbled like Bruno, Bonecrusher, Ruddock, Douglas (KO), Evander (KO), Lennox (KO).Quote:
Originally Posted by ssssyes it did i always thought tyson had very good chin the punches he took from ruddock and the punches he took from holyfield in the 10th round was quite astonishing if tyson had heart and was more dedicated he would of been atg i think it would of been better had he won the title when he was a bit older i think it was too much for him to handle at that time being youngQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
When he let Kevin Rooney go this point was proven to me because he started to lose his old defensive style and get caught more frequently and had he been in with better people than the likes of Ruddock he would have been knocked out more times when he took these shots.
Now Evander on the other hand, if you want to talk about chin and power of recovery look at him. He used to block shots with his head and I used to think how is he still standing from that? This was a truly remarkable chin not Tysons.
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Originally Posted by narsman
Jones only fought Paz coz Paz was a big name at the time and very popular.;D
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Originally Posted by porkypara
Love it when Teddy Atlas says "dont stand in front of him Mike" then he gets KOd.
One of the great moments in boxing history.
;D
I saw that fight live and thought Foreman was well on his way to a TKO loss. Moorer was punishing a big, old, slow man who didn't deserve to be in there and rapidly was beginning to look like he shouldn't have been. I summarily dismissed Teddy Atlas' comment that Foreman was setting him up, just as Moorer did. I was half paying attention when George did a slow one-two and Michael fell like he forgot to pay the electric bill on his legs. The little spot of blood beneath his nose and the dazed look in his eyes didn't match the soft-looking punch I'd just seen. Foreman looked up as if to say, "I don't believe it, either, but I'll take it." By the count of ten I was completely suspicious- you don't go from dominating a guy like that to laying down from a graze for a count of ten. That is, I was thinking that until they started showing the KO from different angles and the straight right hand that came right before it that turned Moorer into a deer staring at headlights. No way he could have gotten up from that. No way.