Rate these chins

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Ranging from Iron, great, above average, average, below average, shaky, and glass

Pascal good (between great and above average)
Hopkins great (been down, his defense is legendary)
Diaconu great (bad defense, only been down once)
Kessler great (shown nothing to worry)
Juan Diaz above average
Froch great
Calzaghe great
Bute above average
Oscar iron
Mijares average
Khan shaky
Vic D. above average
Gamboa below average

 

Those are the Glass Jaws on the list.

 

Pascal= Above Average
Hopkins= Great
Diaconu= Above Average
Kessler= Great
Juan Diaz(baby Bull)= Above Average
Froch= Great
Calzaghe= Great
Bute= Above Average
Oscar= Iron
Mijares= Average
Khan= Glass
Vic D.= Average
Gamboa= Average

 

I don't rate any of these guys as "Iron Chined" , Iron chinned to me is someone like Hagler... someone who withstands Flush shots from the best punchers in the sport and doesn't get hurt...


Guys like Calzaghe and Hopkins have solid chins of course, but it's the fact that they rarely get hit flush by guys with power that keeps them from going down.. Even DLH, he protects his chin better than most... After all those shots Pacman landed on DLH, can you remember any like the one that landed on Hatton?? Directly on the point of the chin? No...

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- Great (took some monster shots from Froch and never went down)

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- Great ( No explanation required, Rarely has gotten hit flush by anyone)

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- Not sure

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- I would say above average, but also I think he has never really been tested against a great puncher

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Above Average - Seen him take a lot of shots, he doesn't go out until really taking a beating

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Great - Only one down in career, Jermaine Landed monster shots to get him down ... but just like Pavlik, he was able to recover.

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Above Average, seen him hurt when hit flush, problem is... he RARELY got hit flush. His recovery skills are top notch though.

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Above Average ... Andrade hits hard.. and it took ALOT of shots to down him, and even when he was downed, he was able to get back on his feet...

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- Great .... DLH has been in some wars over the years, and was only downed on a body shot from a guy who now fights at 175. DLH also rarely gets hit on the Chin though, he protects it better than most in the world.. can't same the same for his upper face region

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Average ... took one of the biggest punchers around his weight to hurt him

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Glass... he better hope that his natural ability (which is great), accompanied by roach's training will keep him from taking flush shots.

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. hmm, I think Above Average... Took an extremely good puncher landing a great punch to KO him. Most guys won't trouble him

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- Below Average , he gets wobbled and dropped by no names.. he recovers well and is in great physical shape... but I think he is a KO waiting to happen (hopefully not though, so fun to watch)

 

Pascal-above average
Hopkins-Iron
Diaconu-above average
Kessler-above average
Juan Diaz(baby Bull)-above average
Froch-above average
Calzaghe-great
Bute-above average
Oscar-great
Mijares-above average
Khan-glass
Vic D.-above average
Gamboa -above average

 

Pascal- above average possibly great but hasn't fought anyone to test it enough
Hopkins- great
Diaconu- above average
Kessler- above average
Juan Diaz(baby Bull)- above average
Froch- average (dropped by JT)
Calzaghe- above average
Bute- below average
Oscar- great
Mijares- shaky
Khan- glass
Vic D.- average
Gamboa- shaky

 

Pascal: Above Average
Hopkins: Solid/Great
Diaconu: Between Average and Above Average
Kessler: See above (Though he hasn't faced many punchers)
Juan Diaz: Above Average
Froch: Solid/Great (Down only once in entire career,and came back up with a clear head)
Calzaghe: Between Above Average and Great (dwindled somewhat near the end but generally)
Bute: Above Average
Oscar: Insane (Margarito's 'special' gloves would turn to dust if they hit Oscar's chin, really the stuff of legends)
Mijares: Average to Above Average
Khan: Papier Mache (A serious insult to glass. when Malignaggi can ko you, you're in trouble. every time he get's hit i expect the baby dear legs to appear)
Vic Darchinyan: Above Average (just)
Yuriorkis Gamboa: Between Average and Above Average (Pretty Good).

 

your logic is flawed. surely froch who has been dropped by jt (great shots as well) has at least an equally solid chin as calzaghe who was dropped by hopkins whom jt beat. also he has been down once in his entire career compared to calzaghe's several knock down's.

 

Gamboa - Very shaky IMO.