Rate Lennox Lewis' chin

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  1. Wegner

    Wegner Guest

    How good was his chin, in your opinion?
     
  2. irishny

    irishny Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Good. He got hit by 2 HUGE shots and was KO'd. Those particular shots would have knocked a horse though
     
  3. robg

    robg Active Member Full Member

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    If this guy got a hold of Lennox Lewis' chin:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLPEdSUiE9Q[/ame]

    He'd be in his grave
     
  4. Zapper1608

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    Lennox's Chin is quite good, but i voted average because of the 2 knockouts and i didn't vote poor because it was quite steady against Mercer, Briggs, Grant and Klitschko.
     
  5. Karl Jade

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    Good chin, not great but rarely troubled even when caught flush. Lennox seemed to have a lot of confidence in it.
     
  6. damian38

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    LL had a good chin, he got hurt a couple of times in his career (Briggs, Vitali) but could generally take a shot
     
  7. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I doubt there would be plenty of guys who could take it, let just look at the Wlad K.
    People are saying his chin is pure glass, though he lost twice on exhaustion
    and once being knocked down but not really counted out, he was down multiple
    times as well ... but he NEVER BEN KNOCKED out as Lewis was.

    This may indicate that Lewis defense was great so he could avoid clean shots
    for most of the time, but when he got careless and received a clean shot his
    chin was proven to be of pure British glass.
     
  8. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    Who voted awful? :lol:
     
  9. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    He has a good chin. Fought an incredible ensemble of punchers. He did get stopped twice, but the first one was premature (though he may not have recovered), the second time he was 35. Avenged both and defeated a myriad of huge hitters, some of the hardest hitters in history.
     
  10. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    I'd say above average. He could take a decent shot when needed, though clearly he could be hurt and when caught by big shots from big punchers he could be undone.
     
  11. KCD

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    A solid 7, not great but not as bad as people make out. Having said that Lewis knew how to use his height to his advantage, therefore never really taking the full force of many punches he received.
     
  12. timeout

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    Poor= folded up twice like a deck chair from **** competition.
     
  13. 12downfor10

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    Whatever you think about Prime Rahman and Prime McCall you have to concede they were both massive punchers.
     
  14. Ahurath

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    Wlad was hurt by every single punch Sanders connected with ... and not just Sanders but any clean shot hurts him

    Those shots from McCall and Rahman end Wlad's career