crusader wrote:Pac used to be fragile (almost stopped by a jab from an average hitter and down regularly) but his durabilty has been fine for at least the past decade.
I wouldn't say he's excellent, but Linares is another top fighter with a shaky chin.
He doesnt really fit the original question but Ismayl Sillakh is a guy I believe had the potential to be excellent but his punch resistance is just dire.
BitPlayer wrote:Fury got knocked down because he was goofing around. Wlad landed a couple solid punches (and headbuts) and never really hurt him.
Are we going to call Ali chinny too because he was knocked down (and badly hurt) by a tiny Henry Cooper?
I have to repeat : Fury is elusive, crafty, tricky, but his chin is a weak one. Can you imagine Kovalev to be dropped by Crawford ?
Maybe not but I can imagine Kovalev being dropped by Blake Caparello.
Some fighters just touch down every now and then. Khan and (less so) Wlad have repeatedly shown difficulty in absorbing a hard punch. Sometimes even just a hard jab. Generally guys like that don't make it to the top whatever their talents (Silakh, maybe Korabov, David Price (never all that talented but could've done more with a better chin)).
NO!!! Pacquiao has been stopped only once with a head shot -- a perfect punch -- in 21 years of professional boxing... Fury is not chinny and has never been stopped.. Has he got a great chin??? NO...but he's not afraid to get hit because he can absorb his share.. Rigondeaux, I agree.. He's very wary of getting hit.. Khan is chinny and fights scared.. Klitschko is wary like Rigondeaux.. He's always a little on edge versus punchers like Haye, Fury, Povetkin, or even Wach.. Wlad can never relax 100%.. If a guy isn't confident in his chin he's usually not exciting to watch, because he fights too defensively.
There are some exceptions to that... Bob Satterfield had a weak chin but would usually blow his opponents away... "I try to get them before they get me."
NO!!! Pacquiao has been stopped only once with a head shot -- a perfect punch -- in 21 years of professional boxing... Fury is not chinny and has never been stopped.. Has he got a great chin??? NO...but he's not afraid to get hit because he can absorb his share.. Rigondeaux, I agree.. He's very wary of getting hit.. Khan is chinny and fights scared.. Klitschko is wary like Rigondeaux.. He's always a little on edge versus punchers like Haye, Fury, Povetkin, or even Wach.. Wlad can never relax 100%.. If a guy isn't confident in his chin he's usually not exciting to watch, because he fights too defensively.
There are some exceptions to that... Bob Satterfield had a weak chin but would usually blow his opponents away... "I try to get them before they get me."
lefty wrote:He doesnt really fit the original question but Ismayl Sillakh is a guy I believe had the potential to be excellent but his punch resistance is just dire.
Same here, I remember watching on FNF, and he was going to be pretty decent. Any takers Thomas Williams?
Broner is not excellent, but he is a very good boxer (8/10), but his chin is perhaps 5/10.
Price is an average fighter with excellent power (10/10), without a chin (1/10).
I doubt that Thurman could have some hidden chin issues; I hope we'll know very soon.
ValMar wrote:Broner is not excellent, but he is a very good boxer (8/10), but his chin is perhaps 5/10.
Price is an average fighter with excellent power (10/10), without a chin (1/10).
I doubt that Thurman could have some hidden chin issues; I hope we'll know very soon.
I disagree. Broner's chin isn't steel but it's pretty good. His chin is what kept him in the Maidana and Porter fights.
ValMar wrote:Broner is not excellent, but he is a very good boxer (8/10), but his chin is perhaps 5/10.
Price is an average fighter with excellent power (10/10), without a chin (1/10).
I doubt that Thurman could have some hidden chin issues; I hope we'll know very soon.
I disagree. Broner's chin isn't steel but it's pretty good. His chin is what kept him in the Maidana and Porter fights.
Maidana destroyed him, AB has been really hurt, he staggered, wobbled. OK, Maidana was a very decent puncher, but, AB's chin is pretty average.
ValMar wrote:Broner is not excellent, but he is a very good boxer (8/10), but his chin is perhaps 5/10.
Price is an average fighter with excellent power (10/10), without a chin (1/10).
I doubt that Thurman could have some hidden chin issues; I hope we'll know very soon.
I disagree. Broner's chin isn't steel but it's pretty good. His chin is what kept him in the Maidana and Porter fights.
Porter's not a big hitter, and Maidana gets over anxious and doesn't pick his shots well when he has guys hurt. That's what kept him in those fights as much as anything.
His biggest problem is the way he just shuts down and covers up on the ropes when someone applies skillful pressure to him. He thinks he's a defensive wizard or something and he's getting tagged with at least 1 out of every 4 or 5 shots when this is happening so he's losing large stretches of rounds when he just turtles up like that.
Granados is an aggressive fighter, so he has a very good chance of exposing this flaw in Broner's game once again.
ValMar wrote:Broner is not excellent, but he is a very good boxer (8/10), but his chin is perhaps 5/10.
Price is an average fighter with excellent power (10/10), without a chin (1/10).
I doubt that Thurman could have some hidden chin issues; I hope we'll know very soon.
I disagree. Broner's chin isn't steel but it's pretty good. His chin is what kept him in the Maidana and Porter fights.
Maidana destroyed him, AB has been really hurt, he staggered, wobbled. OK, Maidana was a very decent puncher, but, AB's chin is pretty average.
ValMar wrote:Broner is not excellent, but he is a very good boxer (8/10), but his chin is perhaps 5/10.
Price is an average fighter with excellent power (10/10), without a chin (1/10).
I doubt that Thurman could have some hidden chin issues; I hope we'll know very soon.
I disagree. Broner's chin isn't steel but it's pretty good. His chin is what kept him in the Maidana and Porter fights.
Porter's not a big hitter, and Maidana gets over anxious and doesn't pick his shots well when he has guys hurt. That's what kept him in those fights as much as anything.
His biggest problem is the way he just shuts down and covers up on the ropes when someone applies skillful pressure to him. He thinks he's a defensive wizard or something and he's getting tagged with at least 1 out of every 4 or 5 shots when this is happening so he's losing large stretches of rounds when he just turtles up like that.
Granados is an aggressive fighter, so he has a very good chance of exposing this flaw in Broner's game once again.
That doesn't mean he has a weak chin or that he's chinny.
IKSRTFO wrote:
I disagree. Broner's chin isn't steel but it's pretty good. His chin is what kept him in the Maidana and Porter fights.
Porter's not a big hitter, and Maidana gets over anxious and doesn't pick his shots well when he has guys hurt. That's what kept him in those fights as much as anything.
His biggest problem is the way he just shuts down and covers up on the ropes when someone applies skillful pressure to him. He thinks he's a defensive wizard or something and he's getting tagged with at least 1 out of every 4 or 5 shots when this is happening so he's losing large stretches of rounds when he just turtles up like that.
Granados is an aggressive fighter, so he has a very good chance of exposing this flaw in Broner's game once again.
That doesn't mean he has a weak chin or that he's chinny.
No I don't think he's got a weak chin exactly, but he can't deal with pressure. At least not when it's applied skillfully.
