How does Tyson deal with leg kicks? Hunt aint no Hoost but he can leg kick dude won the K1 grand prix FFS
Can Tyson withstand a few and close the distance or would he fold like many boxers do? IDK the answer
Correct, I visited Western Samoa and Tonga, Hunt is a super Samoan to boot he’s a Samoan among Samoans FFS but African Americans arent slouches either. Anyone who played HS football will tell you
Interesting to note Im more scared of Tongans, very similar to Samoans but just more wild, good kind intelligent people but just wild as fuck the Samoan is a bit more considered in his approach to life. Speaking averages of course
You can’t say that for certain.
I’ve already mentioned that Tyson’s trainers wanted him to pace himself and go the distance in that fight.
You don’t think that if Tyson was in the late rounds of a close fight, his corner wouldn’t tell him to turn it up?
If anything the knockdown gave Tyson a safety net to pace himself as his trainers requested.
That’s where the reality can be found, within the context.
Ignoring context is kind of a copout IMO.
Tucker was pretty damn good.
Regardless, you assertion that Tyson “struggled” against guys he won unanimous decisions against is paper thin IMO.
Struggling would imply he was in trouble at some point.
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I think this would play out more in a kickboxing match than a street fight.
But it’s a good question.
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Yeah, I mean I’m Niger on me dad’s side so there are some proper beasts on our side but I haven’t met too many 15 year old 6’ 220 lbers that were being groomed for sumo and gridiron.
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The stats are there for you. In comparison to his other fights, he did not do NEARLY as well. I never said he was in trouble, unless you are going to show his run up and fights against Holyfield as well. Once his skills slipped enough he melted against a durable high level guy.
Boys
Street fight, Tyson vs Hunt
The question of leg kicks and how Tyson is dealing with them has been raised
Anyone have any thoughts?
I was teaching a little Muay Thai to some of the Samoan lads and they were practising their leg kicks on car fenders in the local junkyard. That’s when I realised they don’t need Muay Thai.
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I don’t know about before, but highly likely those hands are getting broken and become increasingly unusable.
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Profit
Because he didn’t knock them out..
Yeah, he didn’t do as well in the 5 unanimous decisions as he did the 44 times he KOd his opponent.
Ok…
And I’m expected to believe that none of those other 44 guys fought back or were “durable”…
Funny how that works.
You said he didn’t do well.
I guess unanimous decisions are “not doing well” by your definition.
I don’t buy it.
I understand the point you are trying to make – I just don’t agree – at least not in the way you’re framing it.
But we can’t agree on everything.
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Tyson doesn’t have the training to deal with leg kicks.
So Hunt has a big technique advantage there.
I would also say that Tyson has a significant technique advantage when exchanging punches.
In a kickboxing match in a ring with gloves, there is a feeling out process where I think it would be wise for Hunt to try and hurt Tyson early with keg kicks.
On the street, it’s more likely to start fast and end fast.
If Hunt is close enough to land a leg kick, he’s close enough to get hit – especially by a fighter with Tyson’s elite and aggressive attacks.
I think that leg kicks could become a factor if Hunt survived an early onslaught.
But it’s not enough for me to change my initial thoughts of how it would most likely go down.
I think Hunt has the mentality of take some to give some.
Compared to peak Tyson, Hunt is a big and slow target.
If his chin keeps him on his feet after the first exchange, that might just mean he’d have that much more healing to do after.
It’s all just hypothetical fantasy speculation though.
Big fan of both guys.
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Uso means he didnt do as well against those guys as he did against guys like Spinks, Marvis and Robin Givens who were terrified of him from the get go
Sound logic and fight acumen demonstrated here
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I’m surprised we don’t see more Samoans in mma - they have very little representation in the sport
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Meng vs Tyson?
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Making weight
Whitaker was a champ. So was Holloway. Opetaia is a champ in boxing. Hunt was a K1 champ. Sefo was high level K1. Ulberg is a champ right now.
.0027% of the worlds population. Samoans are pretty well represented in combat sports and american football.
We played a Tongan team in rugby one time. I got the pass and was scarping it down the field when it felt like the earth fell on me.
When I came to, I was looking at a smiling Tongan face. He wasn’t smirking, it was total exultation at doing what he was born to do.
Tongans and Samoans are just born for footy.
Wrong, the only reason Manhoef got he KO, was Hunt’s face had taken probably 100k strikes by then. He had taken 5 CroCop head kicks along the way and not gotten KO’d, dropped hands for free shots against Sefo, etc. Tyson’s punches aren’t as strong as a CroCop head kick.
Prime Tyson by blitz with punches