The Lennox Lewis chin debate

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  • MickyHatton
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    #61
    Lewis had a decent chin for a heavyweight, he took some huge shots from VK, Briggs, Tua etc and stayed on his feet, the Rahman and McCall shots were just well delivered heavyweight shots and would have stopped most heavy's.

    You do not reign for as long as Lewis did with a weak chin!

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    • Super Cartel
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      #62
      I wouldnt say Lewis had the chin of lets say,,,frank bruno on a cold sunday morning but there was always that factor before a big fight that Lewis
      could get clocked and taken out of there....

      I wouldnt say it was bad i would just say it wasnt has good has guys like
      Mercer,Holyfield,tyson etc..

      He took flush shots from big punches like Vitali and Mercer and he held up well enough not to be called Glassy...

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      • The Noose
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        #63
        Originally posted by lennon
        Even in the first Rahman fight he took that right hand several times before the ko shot. One of them landing 30 seconds before the ko, im sure that shot did hurt him and led to him dropping his hands.
        Originally posted by lennon
        How can he of been knocked down from a single punch by Rahman if he was hurt by a righthand just before the ko punch, that punch left him open to be driven back onto the ropes with a series of straight lefts with his hands at his waist, even Rahman will tell you this..
        Originally posted by lennon
        He proved he could take Rahmans right hand throughout the fight, the accumulation however is what did him, he stood up to a big flush right hand 30 seconds earlier, thats what got him dropping his hands and smiling allowing Rahman to get him on the ropes for the ko, check this out,
        Originally posted by lennon
        Evidenced by this video it was the accumulation of rights that got him, the right hand at the end of this clip was 30 seconds before the ko, i think he was definatley hurt, taking another while hurt is what stopped him, it was no way a one punch ko in the true sense of the phrase!

        OK OK!!! YOU HAVE MADE YOU POINT!!!!!

        I disagree tho.
        Im gonna start a poll.

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