How would you rate Wlads chin?

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  1. yesihavearm2

    yesihavearm2 ESB Chinchecker Full Member

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    I'd like to know how you worked that one out - Wlad has been down a total of TWELVE times.

    His chin is glass, end of story. Haye's chin COULD be glass but for now it's still in the shaky catergory.
     
  2. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    'Easy to get too'? His jab is ridiculously hard to get past, his footwork is very good and he knows how to use his size inside and to hold. He isn't easy to tag in the slightest.
     
  3. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    thats my problem with haye, he didn't convinced me yet, yeah he is fast and has power, but valuev was way to slow to really pressure haye, i have to see haye against a real opponent. if haye can knock a fit and in shape peter out then he could possibly beat wlad. right now there is no one who is capable of knocking guys out, boytsov is to fresh and untested, povetkin way to open for haye, chambers is good but he will get raped by wlad, i think a fit ibragimov would give haye hell, or arreola could knock haye out...
     
  4. steele311

    steele311 Wanna Dance? Full Member

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    I guess I'm going by their punch resistance in their respective divisions... Just an opinion dude... I don't see Haye as having a great chin and neither does Wlad, although he's been hit by MUCH bigger punchers over the course of his career. Neither has been straight KO'd as of yet... (or has Haye, I'm not sure...)
     
  5. thesandman51

    thesandman51 teh secks Full Member

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    Average, here's why.

    When you're fighting at heavyweight, any big punch could potentially KO you or knock you down. I think his chin is about as good as most others, he's just faced some really big punchers.

    Now, knowing that any big punch is a potential KO, he's never...NEVER been knocked out to where he couldn't make the count. Yes, he goes down, but he always gets back up, that's the difference between having a good or average chin and having a weak chin.
     
  6. steele311

    steele311 Wanna Dance? Full Member

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    ^Good post. Full of truth. People seem to forget about these variables most of the time...
     
  7. Ilesey

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    Weak.
     
  8. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    6.5 to 7.5 IMO. It's not the glass jaw people make it out to be but at the same time, I don't think it's something to hang his hat on.
     
  9. P.4.P.G.O.A.T.

    P.4.P.G.O.A.T. Q Boro Killa Bee Full Member

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    Pretty average.....And since Manny Steward can't teach chin, he's taught Wlad to manage distance, jab incessantly, and always to be safety first.
     
  10. ybfake

    ybfake Active Member Full Member

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    I dont think his chin is bad. When he gets knocked down he gets back up. He has never been counted out and the heavys that put him down could drop just about any heavyweight.
     
  11. slo100

    slo100 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Average i'd say, The T.O.S knockdown was just off-balanced.. My personal opinion in the Peter knock downs were more of a panic attack than anything. Wlad started to look ****ed before Brewster even had a chance to land anything big on him so as far as I see it the only guy to really crack him legitimately was Corrie Sanders.
     
  12. steele311

    steele311 Wanna Dance? Full Member

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    I must be stupid or somethin. What's the 'T.O.S. knockdown'?
     
  13. Pimp C

    Pimp C Free Smurk

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    Average to weak.
     
  14. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The knockdown Wlad suffered at the hands of DaVaryll "Touch Of Sleep" Williamson.

    Also known as "Touch Of ****"
     
  15. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    not a great chin at all for such a huge guy