Champions with the Worst Chin?

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  1. Homericlegend03

    Homericlegend03 Active Member Full Member

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    Everyone knows that you cant be a champ without at least an average chin, but O was curious what were some champs with bad chins or even just ok ones. Everyone knows guys like Patterson and some would consider Lennoxs chin to be just ok, Khan as well but to me it was more his bad defense couple with his average jaw.
     
    Homericlegend03, Aug 7, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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  2. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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  3. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Herbie Hide, Bruce Seldon and Amir Khan are the first that spring to mind.
     
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  4. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nine times out of ten, it's not the chin, it's the defense or lack there of. Some guys are simply too offensive minded for their own good.
     
    AwardedSteak863, Aug 7, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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  6. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oleg Maskaev, Oleg the Egg, not even glass but Egg chinned.
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  8. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't think Vargas' chin was particularly bad until after Tito pummeled it for 12 rnds.
     
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    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1st name that came to my mind when I saw the thread title.
     
    bolo specialist, Aug 7, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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  10. Usyk is the best

    Usyk is the best Active Member Full Member

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    This. Oliver McCall KO'd him with relatively weak punch, Whitaker KTOF'd Oleg cold with right jab, Kirk Johnson knocked him out cold throuh the ropes, etc. Jorneyman T-Rex Sanders was hopeless losing every round untill he found that egg chin with his punch. Guess what happened. It's unbelievable how Hasim Rahman never in 20 rounds managed to drop such a glass-chinned opponent.
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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  13. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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  14. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Chris beat Provodnikov and Wilder and AJ are far from the worst.
     
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  15. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Maskaev the only world level fighter I ever seen get knocked completely senseless by a counter jab in round 2 by a fighter that was barely even top 20....................and it was so ridiculous that Lance Whitaker looked shocked he had knocked him out.

    When your opponent is shocked they knocked you out, it's bad

    If you've never seen it, go to youtube :confused:
     
    northpaw, Aug 7, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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