What is it with british fighters and glass chins?

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  1. health70

    health70 Member Full Member

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    Jesus Christ. Paddies talking about false nationality claims. I've heard it all.
     
  2. PIPO23

    PIPO23 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hugton had descent beard? I remember the shoe lace incident with Loscano. But a puncher

    makes anybodies chin like glass. He had a sturdier chin than Amere Con. But not by much,

    IMO.
     
  3. daprofessor

    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    anyone remember hatton holding on for dear life in the final round against luis collazo?
     
  4. beast boxer

    beast boxer Well-Known Member Full Member

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    well look at the yanks for glass chins, Deontay Wilder will get his jaw snapped off if he gets hit in the chin by anyone even a middleweight
     
  5. assasin

    assasin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :yikes you didn't just say this did you??? yeah you did... :rofl

    you want to look in the mirror me ole china. :yep

    with the long history of British fighters, why would we try and claim McCullough?

    and whether you like it or not, Frampton is from Northen Ireland... so that makes him a Brit. :deal

    but if it makes you feel all sensitive like a woman, then i can assure you we don't need to claim him at all. plenty of Brit fighters for us to support. can't say the same for you with the Irish. :lol:
     
  6. assasin

    assasin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :good

    if you have a look around, you'll probably see them claim Sergio Martinez or something.

    their reasoning? he wore green... :lol:
     
  7. daprofessor

    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    the best thing in brit boxing at the moment is tyson fury! this dude is the troof!!! he's going to beat david haye.
     
  8. McGuinty

    McGuinty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We dont claim others to be Irish, it's others themselves that claim their Irish heritage. Brits will claim anyone who sets foot in the country... as long as they're good at something.
     
  9. McGuinty

    McGuinty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    As I said in the other post, Irish dont claim others to be Irish, its others who claim their Irish heritage.

    We support our boxers no matter how good or bad. Well Wayne McCullogh has been mentioned in lists of top British boxers, as has Barry McGuigan even though he's from the south.

    And do you think Northern Ireland is part of Britain? And have you ever heard of The Good Friday Agreement? People from the North are able to choose their nationality so not all of them would consider themselves from the UK. Plus I'd say theres a higher percentage of people with Irish passports seeing as there is a higer percentage of Catholics (not that it matters).
     
  10. loughlan

    loughlan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    For the same reason you lot try to claim Ola Afolabi and are bitter as all hell when fighters like Macklin and Furey claim to be Irish perhaps??

    And it's true, British boxers tend to have very suspect chins when compared to other nations.
     
  11. assasin

    assasin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    OK then, Northern Ireland is part of the UK but not Great Britain.

    i'd say most call them selves part of the UK with the minority saying otherwise. but that's getting a little too political.

    if an English born fighter claims to be Irish due to family, then you go ahead and call them Irish. i've seen you do it before with Macklin and Fury. we don't try and claim Irish fighters from the South (well i haven't anyway. and i've not seen anyone do it either) like you do with English fighters.

    that's the point i was making.
     
  12. assasin

    assasin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Afalobi is British so of course he'll be claimed by the Brits. who else gets to claim him?

    both Fury and Macklin are English. nothing will change that fact. it's not about being bitter, it's about claiming the truth.

    no they don't. all nations have fighters with dodgy chins. all nations have fighters with great chins.
     
  13. bowerboy

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    I reckon Chris Eubank had possibly one of the top 10 pound for pound chins of all time...he won a lot of fights from having such a solid chin alone...
     
  14. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Based on what?
     
  15. Inspector

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    He took all Benn had to give on two occasions, who was a murderous puncher. This is no secret though - Eubank was famed for his iron beard.