Jack Johnson suspect chin?

No, getting knocked down by a haymaker from a proven puncher does not indicate a weak chin

 

I suspect it was actually a pretty good chin.

The only thing Johnson was struggling with in that fight was setting hophead Ketchel back on his feet every time he almost fell over.

I do think the KD was legit, tho. I just don't think Johnson was expecting, per script, Ketchel to actually try something like that.

 

Wouldn't say Johnson had a great chin, but hard to imagine, with no KO's between Choyinski ('02) and Willard ('15, and Johnson pretty exhausted), that it was less than decent.

 

Kind of thinkin the same same especially when you consider that during that period he was mixing it with some real toughies like legendary Sam Langford, Jeanette and McVey, Black Bill, Frank Childs, Denver Ed, Marvin Hart, Tommy Burns, Stan Ketchel - and Jeffries couldn't register on him - even Jim Flynn who (some say) was even capable of koing Jack Dempsey of all people (???!!!) couldn't put a dent in him?? So it can't have been that bad

 

Johnson was stopped twice before he hit his prime, against Klondike, and Choynski, he then went nearly 15 years before Willard turned the trick when Johnson was 37. I think you have to conclude his chin was decent.

 

Lol @ thread and that overrated beyond overrated pimp Johnson.

Let me ask you this.....let's use a couple of decent middleweight punchers like Pavlik or RJJ and land their best shot on a Tyson , Holyfield or Bowe and imagine they would be ko'ed, pure comedy, this is like trying to stop a charging 1500 pound Brown Bear with a 22........the immediate counter after receiving that featherduster from above mentioned middles at least two if not a three would those poor middles head flying into the cheap seats.........Proof ? Lol, why don't you petition to put the current best middle puncher against WK and see what would happen, there would be public uproar because of legal manslaughter.

 

Holyfield turned down 25million to face Jones though

 

LOL @ this thread... Johnson doesnt' have a suspect chin.

 

Yeah when he was 150 years old......the same Jones who ran for the hills when VK was his mandatory or Lemmie tried to bait him into a fight...

 

Can you provide some substantial proof of this please?

 

Holyfield said that himself in the interview.

 

No doubt .. I view him like a Lennox Lewis .. he could and did take some big shots but a bullseye could take him out ..

 

I heard they wore 3-4 oz gloves ?

I thought that sounded light considering the gloves didn't look that small but...

 

He was never kod in his prime, but most can be stopped if they are hit right.
Langford was down around 25 times,and was stopped several times ,was his chin suspect?

Johnson did not have a chin in the top echelon class ,imo , but it served him well enough,decent but not Chuvalo/McCall class, imo.