His chin was excellent. He puts himself in terrible position against certain punches and takes full impact as a result, but that's not a slight on his beard. You've got to remember he is a very small man, the bio mechanics are a lot different and nobody is immune to the kind of shot he took. I can't think of anybody that size, who has moved up so rapidly and been able to soak up genuine bombs period. Lots of guys that haven't been prone to getting hit the same way, and indeed some who may have had slightly better chins, I don't know. If Oliver McCall could somehow face the HW equivalent of Marquez, and got caught with the same shot while airborne, he might have gone.
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