All the attributes to make a chmpion...except for chin.

**:::PSL:::** · 08-28-2007 01:29 AM

Originally Posted by p4pking

Roger Mayweather would have been one hell of a tough guy to beat if he had a chin..
Herbie Hide, Earnie Shavers, Ken Norton maybe, though it's harder to call out HW's for having poor chins when you consider how hard they are often being hit.. Perhaps it had just as much to do with their defensive styles/instincts.. Wlad Klitschko I think it's safe to say definetly does have a poor chin though.
Hearns is pretty much the obvious pick.. but of course he is an ATG champion anyways.

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El Kabong · 08-28-2007 02:24 AM

Originally Posted by p4pking

Roger Mayweather would have been one hell of a tough guy to beat if he had a chin..
Herbie Hide, Earnie Shavers, Ken Norton maybe, though it's harder to call out HW's for having poor chins when you consider how hard they are often being hit.. Perhaps it had just as much to do with their defensive styles/instincts.. Wlad Klitschko I think it's safe to say definetly does have a poor chin though.
Hearns is pretty much the obvious pick.. but of course he is an ATG champion anyways.

....he did get up everytime he has been down...he might not take the punch well but he hasn't been STARCHED like some of those guys

Meldrick Taylor fell just short of being a champion because of his chin...tough break really

**brucelee** · 08-28-2007 03:57 AM

How do you strengthen a chin. If you are born with a weak chin, will it be better not to join pro boxing?

**slk123** · 08-28-2007 04:18 AM

Originally Posted by mayorook

David Reid, great boxer, but was thrown in with Tito to early and his heart and chin was exposed.

Did you watch any of David after that fight, it was sad, he had absolutely no confidence left. The KO along with eye trouble ended his career. What a shame.

**slk123** · 08-28-2007 04:22 AM

Originally Posted by p4pking

Roger Mayweather would have been one hell of a tough guy to beat if he had a chin..
Herbie Hide, Earnie Shavers, Ken Norton maybe, though it's harder to call out HW's for having poor chins when you consider how hard they are often being hit.. Perhaps it had just as much to do with their defensive styles/instincts.. Wlad Klitschko I think it's safe to say definetly does have a poor chin though.
Hearns is pretty much the obvious pick.. but of course he is an ATG champion anyways.

I don't think it's so much Wlad's chin as his stamina. Once he gets knocked down the first time, it seems his stamina gets totally zapped. He did manage to get up and go on to beat the guy who is considered to be the hardest puncher in boxing so his chin can't be all glass.

**donnydarkoIRL** · 08-28-2007 08:50 AM

Guys with good chin are the guys that look after it well. Hagler was reputed to have the best chin in boxing, but that was largely due to the fact he kept it tucked and his squat style made him impossible to knock. another 20% would be down to conditioning, but i dunno what the other mystery ingredient is...