What is it with british fighters and glass chins?

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  1. Bonafide

    Bonafide Rock Star Full Member

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    the Heavyweight limit in 1897 was way lower than 200 lbs dont be ridiculous
     
  2. UndisputedUK

    UndisputedUK Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Has there ever been a heavyweight limit? The Cruiserweight division was increased from 190 to 200lbs a number of years ago.

    Has middleweight always been <160lbs and light heavyweight <175lbs ?

    Technically speaking a fighter can enter the ring at 161lbs and fight in the heavyweight division.
     
  3. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    its nothing with them ... they have glass chin and they have to live with it,
    unless they are enhanced genetically like Froch or Calzaghe
     
  4. Bonafide

    Bonafide Rock Star Full Member

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    :rofl
     
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    jcairns1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nathan Cleverly seems to have a good chin, gets tested for real this Saturday so we'll know more then lol.
     
  6. Bonafide

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    What is it with American's Wilder, Mitchell, Ward, Hearns, Judah all with their shocking chins, nothing to do with being British every country has glass and good chinned fighters. Eubank and Froch have 2 of the best chins in history, Calzaghe had a great chin and Hatton, Farr ect plenty of Brits have had good chins and plenty bad its a personal thing not a nationality thing.
     
  8. rossco666

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    Ken Buchanan, Benny Lynch and Jim Watt had chins of cast Iron, up there if not better than Eubank and Froch. Most Scottish world class fighters seem to have possessed Iron beards and it gets overlooked. Even our paper champs Scott Harrison and Ricky Burns had/have good chins.
     
  9. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Haha. /end thread.

    Only on ESB does being knocked down by a professional fighter make you glass jawed. The funny thing is I'd bet money that in real life these 'men' are utter cowards.
     
  10. rossco666

    rossco666 Guest

    :deal
     
  11. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    It does seem to be the case that a lot of top level British fighters have glass jaws. Of course, there are quite a few glass jawed fighters here in the U.S., too. Deontay Wilder is only the latest in a long line of fragile-chinned U.S. fighters.
     
  12. billvp

    billvp Guest

    yeah, that didn't work out too well for him