Worst chin on a British fighter?

Chopping Right · Post by **Chopping Right** » 23 May 2005, 17:38

Bit of a cruel one this. I go for Pele Reid - the guy looked the ticket until Julius Francis exposed him, then that jaw just looked worse as time went on. His KO's to Orlin Norris and then Jacklord Jacobs were real glassy-eyed shockers, and prior to the Francis loss some old bruiser in Germany knocked him bandy before retiring through exhaustion.

BTW whichever genius decided to bring him back from his first KO loss by taking on Norris probably never worked again!

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 23 May 2005, 17:42

Herbie Hide gives him a run for his money, Klitschko KO'd him with a shot that brushed his ear.

>--->--

Herbie on the deck, his eyes were just like this if you recall.

Chopping Right · Post by **Chopping Right** » 23 May 2005, 17:43

nickd wrote:Herbie Hide gives him a run for his money, Klitschko KO'd him with a shot that brushed his ear.

>--->--

Herbie on the deck, his eyes were just like this if you recall.

LOL. Now there were some glassy eyes on Herbie that night.

boxerrob2005 · Post by **boxerrob2005** » 23 May 2005, 17:46

Paul ' Scrap Iron' Ryan

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 23 May 2005, 18:15

Chopping Right wrote:
nickd wrote:Herbie Hide gives him a run for his money, Klitschko KO'd him with a shot that brushed his ear.

>--->--

Herbie on the deck, his eyes were just like this if you recall.
LOL. Now there were some glassy eyes on Herbie that night.

And no clean shot had landed which was weird. Freaked himself out I think. Klitschko was very robotic back then, much worse than now.

Shirow · Post by **Shirow** » 24 May 2005, 04:06

Yeah i nearly wore out my videotape trying to spot the clean punch over and over again.

It's almost like he went into shock once he realised what was happening to him.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 24 May 2005, 05:30

I would say Reid and Hide, Wayne Llewellyn not to far behind either.

A Brit fighter with a Tito Trinidad esque chin (goes down often but hard to keep down) was Derek Roache.

Chopping Right · Post by **Chopping Right** » 24 May 2005, 06:16

Shirow wrote:Yeah i nearly wore out my videotape trying to spot the clean punch over and over again.

It's almost like he went into shock once he realised what was happening to him.

I seem to recall Herbie went down from a few fresh air punches against Bowe too. I think what must happen is he get's stage fright when he realises he's up against somebody big and bad and just sorta wilts. His actual chin is probably sound!

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 24 May 2005, 06:19

Herbie was never the same after he and Bowe clashed heads, he was gone.

The warning signs were there. Craig Peterson in an earlier fight caught Herbie on the break and he went down and was out of it. Petersen should have finished him off, but there was too little time in the round.

john2345 · Post by **john2345** » 24 May 2005, 07:02

Errol Christie

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 24 May 2005, 07:47

Charlie Magri was well known for having a glass jaw - getting knocked out when you least expected it.
BN called for his retirement for years, then he went and won a world title.

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 24 May 2005, 08:24

boxerrob2005 wrote:Paul ' Scrap Iron' Ryan

jonny · Post by **jonny** » 24 May 2005, 13:55

boxerrob2005 wrote:Paul ' Scrap Iron' Ryan

Yeah took that one away from me.

Gary_V · Post by **Gary_V** » 24 May 2005, 13:56

Kevin Lueshing springs to mind here...

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 24 May 2005, 14:15

Lueshing did not have a glass chin, he took some whacks off Trinidad!! Not the best chin in the world but never a glass chin.

Jacko11 · Post by **Jacko11** » 25 May 2005, 12:32

I got hit once on the chin by Simeon Cover,i didnt know where i was but i got back up and went for him again but the ref said 'no-no'...apart from that i would say my chin pretty good

dve3333 · Post by **dve3333** » 25 May 2005, 12:40

Jacko11 wrote:I got hit once on the chin by Simeon Cover,i didnt know where i was but i got back and went for him again but the ref said 'no-no'...apart from that i would say my chin pretty good

I think Ryan Rhodes can vouch for that

Gary_V · Post by **Gary_V** » 25 May 2005, 13:40

nickd wrote:Lueshing did not have a glass chin, he took some whacks off Trinidad!! Not the best chin in the world but never a glass chin.

The Geoff McCreesh fight did not give a good representation of his chin. Looked very brittle to say the least.

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 25 May 2005, 13:45

Paul Ryan couldn't hold a pint at German beer festival, yet alone a punch!!

Honourable mention to Herbie Hide too!!!

J · Post by J » 26 May 2005, 04:54

Jacko11 wrote:I got hit once on the chin by Simeon Cover,i didnt know where i was but i got back up and went for him again but the ref said 'no-no'...apart from that i would say my chin pretty good

ur not jamie hearn are you?

saw that at equinox a few months back, hell of an uppercut Simeon sure can hit. Poor Jamie had been winning fairly comfortably then wallop.

goodnight.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 26 May 2005, 05:28

J wrote:
Jacko11 wrote:I got hit once on the chin by Simeon Cover,i didnt know where i was but i got back up and went for him again but the ref said 'no-no'...apart from that i would say my chin pretty good
ur not jamie hearn are you?

saw that at equinox a few months back, hell of an uppercut Simeon sure can hit. Poor Jamie had been winning fairly comfortably then wallop.

goodnight.

He's Peter Jackson, J.

J · Post by J » 26 May 2005, 05:40

aah ok cheers Stu apologies Peter.

lamphey · Post by **lamphey** » 26 May 2005, 06:50

Well, the three which came straight to mind have already been mentioned:

Charlie Magri
Errol Christie
'Scrap-Iron' Ryan

lamphey · Post by **lamphey** » 26 May 2005, 06:51

..... how could I forget

Richard Dunn

Tantum · Post by **Tantum** » 26 May 2005, 07:27

Chopping Right wrote:I seem to recall Herbie went down from a few fresh air punches against Bowe too. I think what must happen is he get's stage fright when he realises he's up against somebody big and bad and just sorta wilts. His actual chin is probably sound!

Herbie didn't fall when Bowe landed his biggest shots, but fell multiple times from light punches and jabs...

It has to be mostly mental, not physical.