Re: What major boxer had the worst chin ever
Georgeforeman8... this not only goes for Lennox Lewis but for Tommy Morrison aswell... maybe instead of looking at the records of the guys who beat them you should actually pay attention to and watch the P U N C H E S that put thse guys down? If some 250lb Journey man came and socked you one on the jaw I doubt you'd be thinking about his boxrec page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4SQmxIP5Bk
Why make excuses for Tommy Morrison but not Lewis?
The two times Lewis was KO'd were by MASSIVE shots that he didn't see coming... the guy is a heavyweight for god's sake... style wise not every heavyweight is a puncher but it doesn't matter who you are... if a heavy catches you on the chin with a hard shot you don't see then you're going down.
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I dont really think Zab has a bad chin... and def not the worst chin ever... They guy only went down once, but look who drop him.. Kotysa is a monster, the guy packed a punch many weight divisions above him. But Wald Klits is my pick.
That punch he took against Kosta did not look that hard to me, and when you try to get up because you have all the energy and determination you need but your legs don't cooperate that means you have a glass chin.
He also took a beaten from Cotto for many rounds before he finally fell. So I don't think he has a glass chin either. He was just very good at getting hit with shots you don't see. I still have no idea how Baldomir was able to have him impersonating fred astaire but it took Cotto as long as it did. He does have heart though. But then again anyone that can take a sustained beating from Cotto has heart in my book.
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WHat about Lennox Lewis? He was sparked cold from a few shots.
Lennox Lewis i put in the same boat as i do zab with a lot more.
Because Lewis was great at getting hit with shots you don't see coming. But he was able to take bombs off of people where he saw everything. Anyone's chin can be glass when its not a shot you see. I remember watching Larios and Vasquez fight I think that was the two and one of them got hit with a hard shot that he just fell to the canvas in a heap, and they both had iron chins. I dont remember which one was KO'd badly, but i do remember the thud on the mat
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I dont really think Zab has a bad chin... and def not the worst chin ever... They guy only went down once, but look who drop him.. Kotysa is a monster, the guy packed a punch many weight divisions above him. But Wald Klits is my pick.
I was wondering why people have said Zab Judah, He took some wicked punishment in the Cotto fight and took a a knee and the chicken legs dance he did against Kotsya was something most fighters would have done if they got hit with that shot, in fact I think Zab did well to get up from it so quick even if he did look like a twat!
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Everyone brings up Wlad Klitschko but defends Lennox Lewis. This seems to be another case of trying to make a legend out of a fighter that is retired.
Are we talking about chins or stamina? Most of Wlad's problems come from stamina problems/punching himself out and not being chinny. I have never seen Wlad sparked out cold like Lennox Lewis.
People that mention Roy Jones must have just started watching boxing around the time he fought Tarver. They obviously havent seen much else of his career, Jones fought Toney, Hopkins, Virgil Hill, Montell Griffin all in primes and was never down or hurt.
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I dont really think Zab has a bad chin... and def not the worst chin ever... They guy only went down once, but look who drop him.. Kotysa is a monster, the guy packed a punch many weight divisions above him. But Wald Klits is my pick.
That punch he took against Kosta did not look that hard to me, and when you try to get up because you have all the energy and determination you need but your legs don't cooperate that means you have a glass chin.
The punch may not have been that hard, but the back of his head hitting the canvas was!
Judah definitely had a chin. Do you guys remember the shots he took from cotto? Hell he can take a body shot with the best of them too. He did give up in the Clottey fight though. He got tired of getting hit.
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Roy Jones Jr.
Find me one example of a weak shot hitting Roy Jones and KOing him or even hurting him.
Both times that he's been stopped have either been from an accumulation of massive punches over lots of rounds or from massive shots right on the jaw. He was also arguably weight drained.
Not to say that Jones has an iron chin or anything but it's always been trendy umongst fickle sheeple to say he has a glass jaw. because he got stopped twice in a row.
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worst chandelier jaws of all-time:
lennox lewis, lennox lewis, lennox lewis, and michael moorer.......... oh yeah, and also tommy hearns.
I'm willin to bet Floyd Jr., too, but the guy never gets hit!
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Lennox lewis had a iron chin? Why because you say so? Because he got hit by Vitali and didnt go down? That only shows you how pathetic Vitali is doesnt it? Who has Vitali knocked out in his career besides third rate journeymen who if they fought in the 70s wouldnt even been a top 50 fighter. Vitali ko percentage is what it is because of who he fights. Even then it takes him 10 rounds of punching somebody who doesnt punch back to stop them on their feet.
Mercer was the only person who kept Morrison down and that was after he punched himself out. It wasnt a one punch knockout was it? Lennox Lewis couldnt keep Tommy Morrison down and Michael Bent didnt keep Morrison down. Lennox Lewis got knocked down and stay down. That is a glass chin. Shannon Briggs tapped him with a light punch and had him staggering all across the ring. The same Shannon Briggs who couldnt even come close to hurting 50 year old George Foreman
So if Lennox Lewis has a iron chin then what does Foreman have? The chin of a "God" then. Lewis chin was glass get over it.
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Everyone brings up Wlad Klitschko but defends Lennox Lewis. This seems to be another case of trying to make a legend out of a fighter that is retired.
Are we talking about chins or stamina? Most of Wlad's problems come from stamina problems/punching himself out and not being chinny. I have never seen Wlad sparked out cold like Lennox Lewis.
People that mention Roy Jones must have just started watching boxing around the time he fought Tarver. They obviously havent seen much else of his career, Jones fought Toney, Hopkins, Virgil Hill, Montell Griffin all in primes and was never down or hurt.
Good points about Lewis but wrong in the Wlad explanation though. Wlad was sparked by Corrie Sanders. Sanders who career was based off knocking out Wlad. None of the punches he landed were earth shattering but they were good enough to blow Wlad out of the water. If Sanders would of never fought Wlad he could be considered a nobody but to defend Wlad people act like Sanders was one of the most skilled and hardest punchers in the last 30 years. In Reality Sanders was nothing more than a C level fighter at best
Wlad was hurt by DaVarryl Williamson another glass chin fighter who got starched in one round by the overrated Joe Mesi. Yet he was able to take Wlads punches and hurt him with a grazing blow. If you can touch Wlad with a half way decent punch you can hurt him not matter who you are. His chin is even worse than Lennox Lewis.
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"El Toro Salvaje De Las Pampas" Firpo anyone?
He hit the canvas 7 times in the 1st round vs. Demps.
He also hit the canvas 4 times in the 1st round vs. Angel Rodriguez.
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GeorgeForeman8 and brocktonbluckbust....while you guys try to explain your points of view you just come up lacking in your arguements.
Yes Lennox Lewis did have a decent chin, getting KO'd twice out of 44 fight isn't that bad considering who he fought and who he beat...he was never hurt by David Tua or Mike Tyson.
Wladimir Klitschko doesn't have the greatest of chins, however, he doesn't stay down...also Corrie Sanders wasn't just a power puncher he is also a southpaw which not many people see at heavyweight. Wlad doesn't have the worst chin...not even close. Tommy Morrison got railed by MICHAEL BENNT!
Michael Moorer doesn't even have that bad of a chin....he was KO'd 3 times: George Foreman...refresh my memory, was Big George a power puncher??? David Tua, definently a power puncher, also caught Moorer at the tail end of his career. Also Evander Holyfield, a guy who has underrated power and a heavy workrate...he KO'd Tyson a guy with a seemingly good chin.
I say Primo Carnera, Andrew Golota, Ken Norton, and Michael Grant have worse chins.
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Lennox lewis had a iron chin? Why because you say so? Because he got hit by Vitali and didnt go down? That only shows you how pathetic Vitali is doesnt it?
Depends on your point of view *cough* agenda *cough*. again this isn't top trumps... looking at the fucking punches and stop being such an awful poster whilst you're at it.
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Would argue about Bruno having a weak chin, someone here correctly pointed out he could take a shot just froze and didn't know how to hold and take a breather. Look how many shots it took Tysone to get him out of there, ref had to jump in coz Frand was rooted to the spot !!
Errol Christie from the 80's , great amatuer record but crap pro when he got tagged.
