Fights that first exposed a fighters glass chin

Is this thread about any top fighter that's ever been stopped or rocked is it?

 

Al, i just took this subject from a fan's point of view. One of those 'Oh-oh!' type moments where you said to yourself that there was something a bit porcelain going on in the old mandible department. I suppose we could also add in Errol Christie after his fight with......Jose Seys was it?? I recall he fought some Euro light heavy, got stopped in one and Boxing News made a big thing about it. That he wasn't too sturdy in that department. Of course, subsequent fights proved it to be true.

 

It looks like it's got a bit out of hand. I remember seeing that Christie fight as it happens. That pick is a good example.

 

How about Charlie Magri - Freddie Gonzalez? A fight he won but he was hurt early and he looked vulnerable from then on specially when he moved up in class. You could go further back to his KO loss against Ian Clyde in the 76 Olympics.

 

Charlie Magri! I recall reading of the Juan Diaz and Jose Torres fights. I think one of them he was stopped and one of them he scraped home but was hurt as well. Or maybe I got something wrong there. Haven't checked out Boxrec but those two names jump out at me as something that exposed Magri. Good memory, dude.

 

Yes, he was stopped in both them fights but the signs were already there. I saw all Magri's fights except for the first two. I remember that I'd always be worried for him after that Gonzalez fight in case he shipped a big shot.
A contemporary of Magri's was Keith Wallace who really looked like he had a great future ahead of him. He took on Diaz after Magri and put on a masterclass and was looking for a fight with Charlie. Next thing you know he gets stopped on a body shot in a fight he was expected to win against good contender Antoine Montero. He was never the same again and was stopped on body shots in other fights after that most notably against Billy Hardy. Not quite a glass chin but definitely a dodgy bread basket.

 

As it happens Magri did beat Torres on points in a rematch.

 

Bruno-Cummings springs to mind - one of the most vivid examples of a fighter being "out on his feet". After that fight, there was always the feeling that he was one punch away from defeat against fighters who could bang.

Khan's spaghetti-legged reaction to a left hook from Craig Watson in the amateurs set alarm bells ringing. It wasn't so much that he got dropped (can happen to anyone), it was the way he reacted to the punch that was the foregoer of what was to come. Team Khan clearly recognised the weakness in his chin, hence the number of fights on the way up against guys with zero stoppage wins on their record - he fought 3 in one year at one point (Drilzane, Bain, Williams), which doesn't just happen by accident.

 

Also interesting with Khan was how Rubio was set up as the fall guy for the loss to Prescott. Apparently Rubio had recommended Prescott as an opponent, which obviously turned out to be a disaster. The insinuation is that Rubio messed up by picking an undefeated (but raw and limited) puncher, as opposed to the well-schooled but unthreatening comp like Limond, Lawton, St Clair and Kristjansen that Khan had been feasting on. Rather than Khan taking responsibility for losing to a fighter he should have beaten, it was Rubio's fault for taking a risk against an opponent who didn't fit the established mould.

 

Morrison vs. Mercer- Morrison's chin hadn't really been tested and he was the favorite going in. Mercer showed he a solid chin but this fight showed just how solid.

Lewis was only down twice (stopped both times) but he was rocked in a lot of his fights. He was rocked by Frank Bruno but didn't go down and won by 7th round stoppage. He was down and out vs. McCall. He was rocked by Akinwande (looked like he might have actually gone down), Mercer, Holyfield, Briggs, and others. He was down and out vs. Rahman. I wouldn't really call his chin glass though.

 

Khan vs Prescott!

 

Well, that's the thing. It's a real stretch to say Lewis had a glass chin. He didn't have the stoutest beard for sure, but pure glass? I don't know if any fighter can have a legitimately glass chin yet be operating at the elite end of the boxing spectrum for a long time. That includes guys like Bruno, Weaver, Hearns...none of these guys had good chins sure, but pure glass? Bruno I think actually had a pretty decent chin, but it's the way he reacted to getting hit that was the problem.

I think the most recent fight that shocked me the most was Thompson v Price...I honestly didn't think much of the shot that put Price down. It was a so-so right hand thrown by a guy not reputed for his power, yet Price went down as if shot.
Okay, he beat the count but he was out of it.

People were saying he was chinny, but I certainly didn't expect that.

 

Corrie Sanders raping Wlad a few years ago

 

Glass jaw?

Whenever I think of that the first "fight" that comes to mind is David Tua vs John Ruiz. 19 seconds & it was good night ... atsch