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If you were to name some of the greatest punch takers in the history of boxing and look at their faces, would they have a tendency to have retreating chins or jutting chins or somewhere in the middle? Does it not matter? I know there are other factors suh as skull thickness, neurological issues, etc., except I was wondering if there is anything to the "weak" chin / "strong" chin people say when they see someone with a retreating chin or a jutting chin.

Are these some of the greatest punch takers ever in the sport of boxing and did they have retreating chins or jutting chins?

Pierre Coetzer (not sure of spelling - it's pronounced KEETZER)
George Chuvalo
Randy "Tex" Cobb
Thomas Hearns
Muhammed Ali
Evander Holyfield
Jerry Quarry

I don't know about their chins, but half of 'em have moustaches and the other half has not. So that doesn't seem to be a factor. By the way, Coetzer is correctly pronounced as Cootzer.

Thomas Hearns, great chin?

If the guy wth the retreating chin hits the guy with the jutting chin more often than the guy with the jutting chin hits the guy with the retreating chin and then chants, not by the hair of my chinny chin chin. On the other hand if two Chinese boxers not involvedin the Boxer Rebellion but both named Chin, it is usually a draw.

Is it not the case that the crucial feature is ear size. Small eared boxers being harder to knock out.

JohnShep is correct!! Before his fight with Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield had a TKO loss on his record. Since decreasing his ear size (thanks to Mike) nobody has been able to KO Evander.

I think neck size has somewhat to do with withstanding a blow