Can A Glass Jawed Fighter Really Be An ATG?

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  1. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Thinking back throughout Boxing History how many ATG fighters are there that had a Glass Jaw?

    I am of the opinion if you have a Glass Jaw you are not a legit ATG.

    Thoughts?
     
    Rico Spadafora, Mar 25, 2009
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  2. Shaolin Box

    Shaolin Box Respect Full Member

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    Seriously speaking... You have long been exposed as a non-contributor this this site. Please **** off.
     
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  3. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Die.
     
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  4. Shaolin Box

    Shaolin Box Respect Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  5. DOM5153

    DOM5153 They Cannot Run Forever Full Member

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    rico quit with these glass jaw threads or limit it too once a month so people dont get sick of them
     
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  6. boxingwizard

    boxingwizard Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Depends on how bad, if it's too bad you can't even make it near the top, case and point is the Olympian Michael Bennett.
     
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  7. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    It's not a matter of saying if you have a Glass Jaw you are not a great, true glass jaws simply will never amount to having achieved that status. It's impossible. I don't care how good your defence is.

    But then again you are far too liberal with the use of this word.
     
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  8. Punisher33

    Punisher33 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I can't think off hand, but Floyd Patterson certainly didn't have the best chin at Heavyweight, but we also must take into consideration he was not a natural Heavyweight like other greats. I think Wlad is future ATG and I think he has the stats to be in that glass jaw category.
     
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  9. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Gee,you think?:nut
     
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  10. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Glass jaw? No. Even Pernell Whitaker took big shots in his schoolings over Chavez, Nelson, and Mayweather. If a glass-jawed fighter gets hit by those guys, they got down and they do not get back up.
     
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  11. TRUEBELIEVER 66

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    Thomas Hearns- an ATG with a shaky jaw...
    Floyd Patterson..
     
    TRUEBELIEVER 66, Mar 25, 2009
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    DDA365 Gatecrasher Full Member

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    If a boxer with a glass is good enough defensively to be punched so little yet has the resume to even be considered an atg....then **** yes, it surely makes them one of the most skilled boxers ever.
     
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  13. decyboy86

    decyboy86 Guest

    get off esb you freak
     
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  14. yesihavearm2

    yesihavearm2 ESB Chinchecker Full Member

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    Terry Norris and Floyd Patterson are the only 2 ATG's with Glass Jaw's. Hearns had a shaky chin and caused him problems but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

    If Terry Norris had a chin I believe he would have been one of the best ever.
     
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  15. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    A shaky chinned fighter? Yes, there are plenty of those types of ATG fighters out there. But a pure glass chinned fighter? I don't know.... if Wlad somehow achieves true ATG status then I guess he'll answer your question for you.
     
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