Rate Tyson's Chin

[RAESAAD]

a little unfair to use the holy fight considering he was past his prime then and he took a **** load of shots before they finally stopped it. bone crusher was a powerful man and many would have went down from that shot. ask razor ruddock. he took tons from buster before he finally went down

He was still young......Holyfield and Lewis both from Tysons era peaked after the fact......

[yrrej]

Yep, I put 7. It was obvious, even before he lost, that he was susceptible to the big punch, if only some of those big guys had the guts to tag him......

[PBDS]

....A 7-8 chin with a 3-4 heart.

[hugh grant]

He had a massiv punch a good chin but he was said to be a bit fragile in the mind and not have belief. I wonder why that was? You'd think having those things in your favour would make u confident. Of course he made out he was confident to the public and his opponents but deep down i heard he was a scared guy against opponents. Strange.

[CasperUK]

7.
Knocked out in every one of his losses.
Dropped bigtime by Holy and Lennox as well as Williams?

1) He slipped/was at a bad angle against Holyfield when he was 'dropped'. He got back up immediately.

2) When he was TKO'd against Holyfield, he was still on his feet and barely looked dazed.

3) Against Douglas he took a beating for 10 rounds and then went down.

4) Against Lewis he took BOMBS for 8 rounds against one of the biggest punchers of all time and then went down for the count.

5) Danny Williams is a big puncher. He took 26 shots against Williams before going down and had a look of resignation on his face rather than 'I can see stars!!!'

His chin is brilliant. I rate it 9/10. Only a Tyson hater would say he had a less than stellar chin.

[CasperUK]

....A 7-8 chin with a 3-4 heart.

3/4 heart based on what exactly? His retirement against McBride. Grow a brain will ya.

If he had a weak heart he wouldn't have had the stomach to take a beating from Douglas for 10 rounds. He'd simply have quit.

He also could have quit against Ruddock twice if he didn';t fancy doing a hard night's work.

He also could have quit against Holyfield when he was losing.

He also could have quit against Lewis after the second round aftrer eating his bombs. He hung around till the 8th round before finally going down after taking a wicked salvo of massive punches all night long.

He could have quit against Danny Williams when his knee went 2:20 into the first round and said '**** it'.

He only quit ONCE and that was under the behest of Jeff Fenech, not Mike Tyson.

Just another Tyson hater. How about looking at things objectively and then coming back with a less ****** answer?

[Pugilistic™]

i chose 8. his chin isn't bad at all

[BKM-]

8.5, so i chose 8 and 9. Let's look at the times his chin, not heart were tested shall we?
First time he really got hit was against Bruno, a near 230lb powerfull puncher. If you take a closer look, you'll see that Tyson did not see the punch coming, and it was a counter punch, it reminded me of a Tua-Ike sequence. So anyway, Mike threw 2 left hooks and a right despite getting hammered with that shot, then went into a clinch.

Then against Douglass wich imo, really showed how good his chin was. He took an epic beating for 10 rounds, and it wasn't like he got ko'd by a sloppy finish, no. Douglass really swung in with a huge uppercut that really snapped Tyson's head back, and that might not have been enough to get him down too, because Mike was still on his feet, then took a left hook, a missed right and then another hellacious left hook that again, snapped his head back. After that last punch, Tyson's body language completely changed and succumbed as you could see(and it was after the last punch too, not the uppercut from hell). No matter what you say about Buster Douglass' punching power, you don't know **** about him and you just say he wasn't a big puncher. He ko'd a guy with a jab once, he had long arms and punched with his weight, 230lb. This is a big Heavyweight that had great accuracy that night.

Then against Razor Ruddock, one of the hardest hitters ever. He took Ruddock's smash many times without going down, all the other left hooks and uppercuts would have been enough to KO most men, but Mike just took them.

The loss against Holyfield was more fatique than anything. But He did hurt Tyson many times with counter shots he didn't see coming. Come on now, Holyfield had good power in both hands and he gave Mike a beating with flush shots, but he couldn't get him down.

I don't think i even need to say anything about the Lewis fight. He took an even greater beating than against Douglass, and still managed to take punch after punch until the 8th round where he was bobbing INTO Lewis' right hand. Imagine that, bobbing right to left, and then right into a loaded up right from Lennox Lewis! And he still didn't look like he was out, just out of energy.

Mike didn't have the heart or stamina after that against Williams and Mcbride. And yes, neither did he look hurt against Williams. With a dislocated knee, out of gas taking 28 unanswered punches off balance, you don't even have to look at that.

[Underboss]

@ someone voting a '1'...

[CasperUK]

8.5, so i chose 8 and 9. Let's look at the times his chin, not heart were tested shall we?
First time he really got hit was against Bruno, a near 230lb powerfull puncher. If you take a closer look, you'll see that Tyson did not see the punch coming, and it was a counter punch, it reminded me of a Tua-Ike sequence. So anyway, Mike threw 2 left hooks and a right despite getting hammered with that shot, then went into a clinch.

Then against Douglass wich imo, really showed how good his chin was. He took an epic beating for 10 rounds, and it wasn't like he got ko'd by a sloppy finish, no. Douglass really swung in with a huge uppercut that really snapped Tyson's head back, and that might not have been enough to get him down too, because Mike was still on his feet, then took a left hook, a missed right and then another hellacious left hook that again, snapped his head back. After that last punch, Tyson's body language completely changed and succumbed as you could see(and it was after the last punch too, not the uppercut from hell). No matter what you say about Buster Douglass' punching power, you don't know **** about him and you just say he wasn't a big puncher. He ko'd a guy with a jab once, he had long arms and punched with his weight, 230lb. This is a big Heavyweight that had great accuracy that night.

Then against Razor Ruddock, one of the hardest hitters ever. He took Ruddock's smash many times without going down, all the other left hooks and uppercuts would have been enough to KO most men, but Mike just took them.

The loss against Holyfield was more fatique than anything. But He did hurt Tyson many times with counter shots he didn't see coming. Come on now, Holyfield had good power in both hands and he gave Mike a beating with flush shots, but he couldn't get him down.

I don't think i even need to say anything about the Lewis fight. He took an even greater beating than against Douglass, and still managed to take punch after punch until the 8th round where he was bobbing INTO Lewis' right hand. Imagine that, bobbing right to left, and then right into a loaded up right from Lennox Lewis! And he still didn't look like he was out, just out of energy.

Mike didn't have the heart or stamina after that against Williams and Mcbride. And yes, neither did he look hurt against Williams. With a dislocated knee, out of gas taking 28 unanswered punches off balance, you don't even have to look at that.

Excellent post. Spot on my friend!