Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
Part of what makes it such an enigma,is there are certain spots,that I dont care who you are,your going down
Alot of what makes a "good chin" is the ability to not get hit on those spots consistently
I didn't even delve into the difference between a knockdown in which a determined fighter can get up and the knockdowns in which you go visiting Grandma....

I'm pretty proud of my chin, but on a number of occasions I've been rattled this year, all part of stepping up I guess.

Should I have mentioned any other fighters TM? I was actually thinking of inckluding Barrera and Ageless Archie, but with their respective losses to Junior Jones and Rocky M bveing among their most famed fights I thought better not to.
I was thinking in the opposite direction,more along the lines of guys you dont think of having great chins but had long and productive careers based on their abilities to slip punches,but when they lost that ability to slip,even through old age or some times just getting cocky out there,you saw what happened to them
Tyson and Frazier in their primes could slip everything,you couldnt catch them,but when father time caught them,it was over,they became beatable very quickly
Lewis and Ali allways ended up on the canvas when they screwed around with a guy too much
Now admitably there are some guys who can just absorb a phenomenal beating and keep coming,most of those guys dont seem to have too many skills though.Wepner,Quarry and Cobb come to mind
"I stuck with my game plane,stumbling forward and getting hit"-Tex Cobb
Having a "good chin" is more the ability to not have it tested,then the actual chin itself
I mean there are other factors,previous injury,how close the nerves sit,etc,but it really comes down to making sure the punch doesnt land flush