David Tua's chin

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evrenb
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David Tua's chin

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How good was Tua's chin??? I just saw his fight with Felix Savon and he was obliterated in 18 seconds...
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BoxBuzz
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Re: David Tua's chin

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It was very good, and that event was very early in his skill building. Also, it may help if you get familiar with Savon. Tua deserves his Iron Chin rep, despite that moment.
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Controversial
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evrenb wrote:How good was Tua's chin??? I just saw his fight with Felix Savon and he was obliterated in 18 seconds...
Pretty good I say, never stopped as a pro. He was only 18 or 19 at the time, plenty of successful fighters were stopped as amateurs
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SaadOffTheDeck
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Re: David Tua's chin

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I think it was overrated, but very good.
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dempseyfire
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Re: David Tua's chin

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Very good . . not up with the all time best, but very good. Almost impossible to stop, but he could be hurt and then put into a shell in which he was hesitant to commit . . . both Rahman and Lewis did that.
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Nile4000
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Re: David Tua's chin

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Controversial wrote:
evrenb wrote:How good was Tua's chin??? I just saw his fight with Felix Savon and he was obliterated in 18 seconds...
Pretty good I say, never stopped as a pro. He was only 18 or 19 at the time, plenty of successful fighters were stopped as amateurs
Outside of Mitch Green, and Marvin Hagler, probably very few fighters who have never been down amateur, or pro.
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evrenb
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Re: David Tua's chin

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Nile4000 wrote:
Controversial wrote:
evrenb wrote:How good was Tua's chin??? I just saw his fight with Felix Savon and he was obliterated in 18 seconds...
Pretty good I say, never stopped as a pro. He was only 18 or 19 at the time, plenty of successful fighters were stopped as amateurs
Outside of Mitch Green, and Marvin Hagler, probably very few fighters who have never been down amateur, or pro.
Was Oliver McCall ever knocked down..not as pro ..i mean amateur..??

Hagler was dropped albeit not genuine imo...

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zojo
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Re: David Tua's chin

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evrenb wrote:How good was Tua's chin??? I just saw his fight with Felix Savon and he was obliterated in 18 seconds...
Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLb3BwK9LXo

Looked like a little dude there. Did he cut much weight to make 200? Would that affect his chin?
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SaadOffTheDeck
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Re: David Tua's chin

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Rahman dropped Tua, albeit uncalled and Barrett dropped him legit.
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