Khan has a glass jaw - biggest myth in boxing

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  1. lewishamboy

    lewishamboy Styles Impetuous Full Member

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    Tired of reading this tired **** old over and over again from the Khan haters on here.

    Khan should have moved up to 140 long before he faced Prescott, his frame was clearly too big for 135 and the combination of being weight drained and poorly conditioned put his whole body under strain. You can see his legs aren't nearly as strong as they are at JWW for example. Frank ****** was scared of moving Khan up from lightweight too quickly.

    Now take a look a some cold hard facts :deal

    Khan has never been dropped at 140, even after beating two of the supposed hardest punchers in the division. You don't take shots like that from Maidana flush on the chin and stay in the game if you've got a **** chin. Fact. And for those that say he was out on his feet in the tenth, rewatch the eleventh and twelfth rounds, he dug deep and made a very impressive recovery where others would have crumbled.
    Before the Judah fight a whole bunch of fools were claiming how one uppercut from Judah in the early rounds and it wiould be game over, Khan didn't look even remotely bothered when Judah landed his cleanest power punches, he sucked em right up and got on with the job in hand.

    Lets have a look at the rest of the divisions up and coming stars and how their chins have fared against decent opposition.

    Tim Bradley - Dropped by Kendall Holt twice who was destroyed by Mabuza in his next fight.

    Marcos Maidana - Knocked down by Ortiz three times in the first two rounds of their fight and nearly KO'd in the first round against Khan (albeit by a bodyshot).

    Devon Alexander - Dropped by Matthysse who many believe doesn't punch as hard as MM, although to be fair to Devon he took a lot of punishment in that fight and showed a decent beard.

    Victor Ortiz - Although he's moved up to 147 now, Ortiz tasted the canvas against Maidana twice and was made to quit in the 6th round. Also put down by Berto.

    To summarize its fair to say Khan has at the very least a decent chin, not trying to make him out to be Rocky Marciano but all this glass jaw chat is just bull****. From the facts i've provided above it could even be argued that Amir has one of the more solid beards in the division. Would Judah or Alexander have made it to the final bell after taking the shots Maidana laid on Khan? Would Bradley have stayed on his feet, even though he was dropped twice by the relatively light punching Holt?

    :think
     
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  2. stocks

    stocks Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I agree with every thing you say. The problem is nobody can accept the fact Amir is a good boxer! Unless you actually like him every time he fights some one they will always say he has a weak chin. Just keep laughing at the haters!

    On the plus side ESB is becoming alot less hostile towards Amir. The feed back 80% of people leave is very very good.
     
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  3. dannyboy147

    dannyboy147 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wouldnt say he has a glass chin but he definetley did have a glass chin. He was dropped a couple of times by non punchers before being hit by Prescotts bombs.

    As he has moved up he has settled well into the weight and looks good at it too. PFP no 1 in a couple of years i think even though i hate to say it!!!
     
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  4. v2k987

    v2k987 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Someone post the Prescott vid quick
     
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  5. lewishamboy

    lewishamboy Styles Impetuous Full Member

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    Read the thread spastic :-(

    This is about Khan at 140, not as a weight drained bambi legged lightweight
     
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  6. greigorypeck

    greigorypeck Active Member Full Member

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    Khan's chin is made of the same stuff as RJJ...wet toilet paper!!
     
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  7. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    Khan has a bad chin, when hit flush on the jaw he will get stunned, huge burden to overcome but amir is doing pretty good with all the other factors that benefit him.
     
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  8. Fizz

    Fizz New Member Full Member

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    I would like to see how people can argue against the OP logic. Good post.
     
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  9. AnthonyW

    AnthonyW ESB Official Gif Poster Full Member

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    I wouldn't say his frame was clearly too big for Lightweight. His conditioning made him too big for Lightweight, he was all upper body, no strength in his legs whatsoever. Again, his legs are not stronger just because of the move up in weight, they are stronger because he is more in proportion now due to his switch of trainer, and all round training/conditioning.
    Judah didn't really land, he landed one clean hard shot...Khan took it.


    I've seen many argue that Mattyysse hits harder than Maidana.

    Khan doesn't have a great chin, but he doesn't have a horrible chin either. His heart is better than his chin IMO. I would say Khan has an above average chin at best.
     
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  10. RonnieHornschuh

    RonnieHornschuh ESB indie police Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKhcok2jgMU[/ame]


    Was he weight drained here too?
     
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  11. greigorypeck

    greigorypeck Active Member Full Member

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    Poor Amir was weight drained :| :| :| :| :|

    He was dropped and should have been ko'd by Willie Limond who puts the feather into fisted!

    :|:|:|:|:|:
     
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  12. stocks

    stocks Well-Known Member Full Member

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  13. tmsbry

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    Khan used to get dropped alot in the amateurs, he's an awesome boxer a well deserved world champion but he does have a glass chin
     
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  14. lewishamboy

    lewishamboy Styles Impetuous Full Member

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    I counted three or four.

    Yep, thats all im trying to say.
     
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  15. AnthonyW

    AnthonyW ESB Official Gif Poster Full Member

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    I counted one at the end of the first round, that was the right hook I believe. The others that Judah connected with, were either not powerful shots, or they just clipped/missed Khan IMO.

    The problem Khan has, apart from the Maidana shot that hurt him, he usually lunges/walks in to the punches that hurt him. And he still does it to this day. He overreaches worryingly regularly. Not so much in the Judah bout, but it was still there to see. Walking on to shots is always going to add to the affect, and I do believe Khan can be hurt from clean shots to the jaw.
     
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