Overrated chins

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  1. DDDUUDDDEE

    DDDUUDDDEE Undisputed Ambien (taker) Full Member

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    Foreman Hoooooook:rasta:smoke:hat
     
  2. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Obviously we couldn't be cursed twice
     
  3. horst

    horst Guest

    The guy's defence is so good he rarely gets hit flush with big shots which gives the illusion of a great chin, but whenever someone connects with a big shot his legs turn to spaghetti (see Corley, Mosley), he does not have a great chin at all. If his defence was weaker or if his defensive abilities ever decline or if ever gets too brave, the guy will be in grave danger.

    Also, do you seriously think he is the only fighter to never be properly knocked down? :huh
     
  4. El Lucho

    El Lucho Well-Known Member Full Member

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  5. realy you are not very intelligent because foreman hook is a fan of lewis. and lewis is not exactly my idol, if you check some post i disagree with him in several topics. i am a foreman fan and he too, it is all.:deal any person with brain on this forum know that i am not foreman hook. (tommygun711, or reznick). because i did enter on this forum because i did read the comments of tommy (my friend on youtube), then i liked this forum. i never found a spanish forum about classic boxing anyway, if you are happy when you think it.... fine
     
  6. FastHands(beeb)

    FastHands(beeb) Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Marciano was down only twice - Walcott 1st fight and against Moore. Both very good punchers, and they managed to keep him down for a combined time of about six seconds.

    Agree with this post. Some of the recent revisionism claiming that Rocky's chin wasn't that great is utterly ridiculous to me. There seems to be a body of fans that will do apparently anything to discredit Marciano. Claiming he didn't have a great chin in order to discredit him smacks of desperation to me.
     
  7. clark

    clark Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not Joe Frazier. Only floored by Bonavena (very early in career) and Foreman.
     
  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    That's wahtr it is...modern day revisionist bull****...by those that can't stand that 49 and 0.
     
  9. kmac

    kmac On permanent vacation Full Member

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    i've seen holyfield talked about here and in all fairness he was almost always the smaller man fighting at heavyweight with huge punchers. he has an all-time great chin.
     
  10. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Marciano had a whopping 49 fights, so his chin was hardly as proven as the likes of Grebs, Jack Brittons, Gavilans, Billy Grahams.

    49 fights is an astounding small number of match-ups for a career that took place in Marciano's timeframe as an active fighter. There's absolutely no way you can peg it as proven as the likes of fighters who were never knocked down with 2, 3 or even 4 times as many fights.
     
  11. Boucher

    Boucher Well-Known Member Full Member

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    And Mike Bruce, for an 8 count 1st rd 1965 :good
     
  12. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A prime Frazier was only knocked down by Foreman. Frazier said the key to being able to take a punch was his awesome conditioning, which he had let up on by the time he fought Foreman, though it's unlikely that he could have ever taken a Foreman uppercut on the chin while charging full steam ahead without hitting the canvas (as is the case with 99% of boxers). He took Bonavena's best punches with a smile during their rematch.
     
  13. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Why is it as soon as the words 'overrated' or 'exposed' are mentioned in a thread, a few ******s pop up and talk absolute shite?
     
  14. McGrain

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  15. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    you're my favourite poster, Combo