His chin is a pretty strong one. Either 8 or 9. Now i do think his style would work less effectively vs fast handed smaller heavyweights of the past. If you are relentlessly attacking the body, you leave yourself defensively open on top. And no matter how good your chin is, you are vulnerable. A guy like Holyfield, for example, would be able to throw fast counters on top while Kabayel is trying to work the body. I think Holyfield, and other fast handed heavyweights like Louis, Mike Tyson etc. would beat Kabayel quite comfortably.
Ill admit until Riyadh season i never really watched him. His chin to me is relatively untested. A tired and outgunned Zhang did drip him with a single shot. Not completely sure how to judge that Could see kabayel get aggressive to the body with usyk and get nailed with a hard left hand counter and go down
I don't think I'd rate his chin quite that high Smakici had him badly hurt and reeling @0:53. This content is protected
His chin is at least decent but even more important : he has an iron heart . Should he be dropped he stands up immediately to be even more aggressive .
His recovery skills are clearly very good even if he can be hurt and dropped. Although, I think he is a walking uppercut KO waiting to happen by a fresh puncher with decent enough stamina eg Wardley, Dubois.
He took some big shots against Big Bang. Yes I know he got dropped by one but it's Big Bang and he wasn't really hurt by the shot. He's fought 2 of the biggest punchers in the division in Big Bang and Mak and Chisora obviously hits very hard with that big right hand of his and Sanchez can punch a bit. Timestamped This content is protected
Literally every man who has climbed into a pro ring with Zhang was dropped by a single shot. Being dropped by Zhang doesn't mean anything, just means you got into a ring with him.
Lol ofc, let’s not overrate Kabayel he beat Zhang and an injured Sanchez. Dude went life and death with an old Chisorsa. He gets his ass whooped by Tyson.
Forget comfortably, he whoops his ass. Kabayel is not this monsters folks are trying to make him out to be.
For what it’s worth, I think Chisora was only like 33 years old in that fight, and I personally had Kabayel winning quite handily, not remotely close to going life and death. Just one man’s opinion though.
he is the second or third best heavyweight out there today. Of course he is not a monster or an all time great. He is a good fighter and interesting to watch. He has a fairly unique style and he makes the heavyweight division interesting. The last thing we need is another boring 6'6 giant with a big right hand.