Re: Great fighters who cant take a punch!
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AdamGB
as soon as I read the thread title I knew people would be starting with the Lennox lewis nonsense...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIRShCBKwng
He's a heavyweight for god's sake... yes he has two KO losses but if a 220 pound man hits anybody clean on the chin and they don't see it coming then they will get knocked out.
The two shots that got him were pretty massive. The glass jaw chin is basically a story/fallacy spread about him by people who haven't seen much, if any of his fights besides:
a) The Tyson fight
b) The Knockouts
Bruno hit him with some MASSIVE punches.
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Lol
Lewis has only been down twice in his entire career and yet the haters say he has a glass jaw when most other heavies have been floored more often.
When you consider all the names Lewis faced and all the years he had at the top its quite remarkable that he only touched the canvas twice.
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Re: Great fighters who cant take a punch!
Re: Great fighters who cant take a punch!
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ElTerribleMorales
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kingfrnk
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ElTerribleMorales
Chico Corrales
Tommy Hearns
Tito Trinidad
Terry Norris
why tito?
Trinidad like Corrales was only really KO'd once, and that in Corrales case was against Castillo, the Mayweather TKO and Casamayor TKO especially were basically cause of damage done, he wasn't SERIOUSLY hurt against Floyd
but Trinidad was dropped a hell of a lot of times
Campas
Carr
Vargas
Hopkins
Mayorga
Jones Jr
all dropped him, and i know there are more, just can't think of em
Throw in Anthony Stephens.Fed Young Tito alot of right hands early and had him the most hurt of anyone I believe.KD and out on his feet for a sec.
Maybe a bit unfair but Humberto Gonzalez,Edwin Rosario.Underrated and misleading record holder Freddie Pendleton.......had a chin made of sugar glass:shinner:
Think Lewis gets a bum rap for his chin.Stood up against some capable punchers.Shite training and lax preparation sure,but think his beard was good.
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I may get some bad responses for this but Juan Manuel Marquez comes to mind.
Re: Great fighters who cant take a punch!
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leftylee
I may get some bad responses for this but Juan Manuel Marquez comes to mind.
Im a big JMM fan but i agree his chin isn't solid, but i think he does have excellent recovery powers, which makes up for it IMO.
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ICB
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leftylee
I may get some bad responses for this but Juan Manuel Marquez comes to mind.
Im a big JMM fan but i agree his chin isn't solid, but i think he does have excellent recovery powers, which makes up for it IMO.
Do you think he was genuinely knocked down v Barrera ?
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leftylee
I may get some bad responses for this but Juan Manuel Marquez comes to mind.
I don't think his chin is great, but he can definitely take a punch
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leftylee
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ICB
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leftylee
I may get some bad responses for this but Juan Manuel Marquez comes to mind.
Im a big JMM fan but i agree his chin isn't solid, but i think he does have excellent recovery powers, which makes up for it IMO.
Do you think he was genuinely knocked down v Barrera ?
Yes i do but even if the knockdown was scored, i would of only had it 10-9 for MAB. Because he was dominated so much in the round, but two of my favorites were going at it was a hard fight to watch. But that was MAB's last really good performance IMO.
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markb018
Joe Calzaghe
:lol::lolhaha::appl:
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Hatton might well be in that category now. He walked through fire in earlier fights, but seems to be getting rocked or stopped every time now. Rarely do we see a fighter in a super fight be blown away as quickly as Hatton was against Manny.
Re: Great fighters who cant take a punch!
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AdamGB
as soon as I read the thread title I knew people would be starting with the Lennox lewis nonsense...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIRShCBKwng
He's a heavyweight for god's sake... yes he has two KO losses but if a 220 pound man hits anybody clean on the chin and they don't see it coming then they will get knocked out.
The two shots that got him were pretty massive. The glass jaw chin is basically a story/fallacy spread about him by people who haven't seen much, if any of his fights besides:
a) The Tyson fight
b) The Knockouts
Bruno hit him with some MASSIVE punches.
As for Roy Jones Junior, that's debatable... who had
decent punch resistance... tarver caught him right on the button with a massive punch he didn't see coming, again - if a light heavyweight hits you flush then you'll know about it.
The Johnson knock out was the result of a sustained beating.
I don't think Roy had a great chin or anything but it is underrated to say the least.
and Lewis' chin is ridiculously underrated.
Not to mention Roy destroyed himself dropping down from heavy to light heavy deep into his 30's.
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Nigel Benn.
are you being serious the guy was a fucking warrior
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generalbulldog
Nigel Benn.
are you being serious the guy was a fucking warrior
He was a warrior yes but I agree he was slightly chinny. That was what made him so exciting. You knew if he took a big one it would hurt him but that was when he became dangerous!
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Frank Bruno
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