Does the shot that knocked Lewis out

[mickey malone]

Didn't Cobb get put down 4 times in one round by Dee Collier? bit of a stretch to say he had a better chin than Ali.

Good info!.. Apologies to Ali, I didn't know about that, thanks... Cobb's still the funnier man though!

[StarshipTrooper]

Didn't Cobb get put down 4 times in one round by Dee Collier? bit of a stretch to say he had a better chin than Ali.

From what I understand Cobb was heavily into coke by that point though. For a better example of his unreal chin watch his fight with Shavers.

Poet

[Bright-Eyes]

I think people base Tex Cobb having such a great chin too much on the Larry Holmes fight,I've never seen his fights with Norton or Shavers but from what I read,Shavers looked shot and really poor in the fight with Cobb.He seems to have great wit and his response concerning Howard Cossell quitting in disgust over the mismatch with Cobb and Holmes was hilarious

"If I eliminate heart disease, if I walk on water, if I come up with a cure for crippled kids, I can't imagine a greater gift to mankind."

From what I understand Cobb was heavily into coke by that point though.

Poet

I never knew that,thanks.

[StarshipTrooper]

I think people base Tex Cobb having such a great chin too much on the Larry Holmes fight,I've never seen his fights with Norton or Shavers but from what I read,Shavers looked shot and really poor in the fight with Cobb.He seems to have great wit and his response concerning Howard Cossell quitting in disgust over the mismatch with Cobb and Holmes was hilarious

"If I eliminate heart disease, if I walk on water, if I come up with a cure for crippled kids, I can't imagine a greater gift to mankind."

Shavers hit Cobb flush with some monster shots and Tex didn't even blink.

Poet

[StarshipTrooper]

I never knew that,thanks.

Of course, he could have been on PCP for the Shavers fight which might explain ability to take Earnie's best shots

Poet

[TheGreatA]

I think people base Tex Cobb having such a great chin too much on the Larry Holmes fight,I've never seen his fights with Norton or Shavers but from what I read,Shavers looked shot and really poor in the fight with Cobb.He seems to have great wit and his response concerning Howard Cossell quitting in disgust over the mismatch with Cobb and Holmes was hilarious

"If I eliminate heart disease, if I walk on water, if I come up with a cure for crippled kids, I can't imagine a greater gift to mankind."

I never knew that,thanks.

Cobb took awful punishment against Norton, Dokes, Buster Douglas, Mercado, etc.

At his best he had as good a chin as anybody but other than that he had no redeeming qualities really. It's not even that he had somewhat underrated defense such as LaMotta or Chuvalo, he just took punches flush on the chin and eventually it was going to catch up with him. Late in his career it did.

[sonnyboyx2]

Does the shot that knocked Lewis out knock out Mike Tyson, Holyfield or any other HW's? it seems to me that the shot Rahman landed would of knocked most HW's out. McCall is a noted puncher who set Lewis up perfectly and countered him with a shot that he had been working on in training camp.

Is it more a case of Lewis defensive liability than a bad chin?

a nuthugger trying to make excuses for his hero

[GJC]

a nuthugger trying to make excuses for his hero

Sonny going through old posts to draw this argument out does you no credit my friend. You have your view Dynamite has his, i'd leave it there.
Re the thread, if a 230/240lb professional boxer hits you with a clean shot the likelyhood is your going down, thats more physics than anything.

[sonnyboyx2]

Sonny going through old posts to draw this argument out does you no credit my friend. You have your view Dynamite has his, i'd leave it there.
Re the thread, if a 230/240lb professional boxer hits you with a clean shot the likelyhood is your going down, thats more physics than anything.

just a small few of Dynamites threads.. all trying to justify his idolization of Lewis... go through all my threads and try find a thread i have started on Lewis... you wont find one.. i am consistant in my view of Lennox Lewis, i only talk Lewis in Lewis threads... yet i get ridiculed and trashed for doing so..by the Lewis nuthuggers.. it is not a level playing field GJC

[GJC]

just a small few of Dynamites threads.. all trying to justify his idolization of Lewis... go through all my threads and try find a thread i have started on Lewis... you wont find one.. i am consistant in my view of Lennox Lewis, i only talk Lewis in Lewis threads... yet i get ridiculed and trashed for doing so..by the Lewis nuthuggers.. it is not a level playing field GJC

You have shoe horned Lewis into a few unrelated threads Sonny surely you will admit that?