Who had a better chin Mike Tyson or David Tua?

[Left Hook Tua]

On both ends -

Ike is also a bit overrated since whenever a fighter vanishes in their prime we ask "What if" for years. While that was a tough fight, 99% of those punches were smothered at extremely close ranges and bad angles (credit to Tua's defense moreso than his chin).

Tyson did stand up to several beatdowns admirably for a while but since he still went down or quit in every example it's hard to give him many "chin points".

Everyone has their own definition of chin I guess.

I think Tua had better defense, underrated defense. Tyson's Dempsey-roll defense worked a lot better when he was very young and turned into a waste of energy after he lost his speed. Tua could only be so slick given his physique but at close ranges he was very hard to land a good flush punch on.

ike was good though. no one went to war with tua or beat down byrd like ike did.

i disagree on the defense. tua was solid but he ate a lot (PUNCHES). tyson def was better imo.

[BostonGuy]

David Tua fought some pretty heavy hitters in his time and only was knocked down once in his career

[fourtheboys96]

Poll asks about the better chin. I think tua has a better chin. But ike's better trading bombs for 12 rds against tua.

[Left Hook Tua]

Poll asks about the better chin. I think tua has a better chin. But ike's better trading bombs for 12 rds against tua.

he got brain damaged though.

supposedly he went crazy because of the tua fight.

[SalimShady1212]

Tua probably has a better chin but Tyson beats him in a fight.

[Left Hook Tua]

david tua
59 fights
21 yr. career
fought til age 41

even when fat, even when out of shape, even after long layoffs and even when old never got koed.

[Left Hook Tua]

Tua probably has a better chin but Tyson beats him in a fight.

maybe.

i like tuas chances though vs. tyson.

[IMDAZED]

Tua I think. He had a worse defense and took a lot of shots pretty well. Tyson was no slouch either.

[Guest]

I think Tyson. I saw only one Tua fight and he got knocked down by Monte Barrett.

I know what you are thinking, Monte who?

[IMDAZED]

I think Tyson. I saw only one Tua fight and he got knocked down by Monte Barrett.

I know what you are thinking, Monte who?

Two Gunz

Not too bad a fighter in his prime