"Glass Chin" term used incorrectly.

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  1. alexanderkareli

    alexanderkareli Member Full Member

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    I'm sick of people saying somebody has a glass chin after a KO loss. Somebody with a glass chin gets rocked or knocked out by weak punches that shouldn't do that much damage. Some say Paul Williams has a glass chin after getting koed which is ******ed because he got hit with a ko punch. His face was coming into Sergio's left hook. Just because somebody gets koed with a tremendously hard punch does not make them glass-chinned! Example of a glass chin is Tommy Morrison . . .
     
  2. bballchump11

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    Duran got his chin exposed by Hearns :nut:rofl
     
  3. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Arlovski is the defenition of glass chin.
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  4. Threetime no1

    Threetime no1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I've got to say Lennox Lewis' chin is questioned way too much because it was pretty solid. Herbie Hide now that's the definition of a glass jaw.
     
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  7. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nah those bombs maidana landed would have put him to sleep if he had glass chin. His chin is not the best but it ain't glass.
     
  8. Tomato Can

    Tomato Can Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ha ha! He is more like Trash Chin, make a new category for this clown. :rasta
     
  9. magatte

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    He JUMPED into a punch. That is pure recklessness and a guaranteed knockout regardless of your chin.
     
  10. Dustaine

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    Dude, c'mon, yes, we know Arlovski has a glass chin, but that punch would have KOd a lot of other fighters.

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  11. DKD

    DKD Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :good I agree. I get tired of sticking up for Hearns.

    Hearns' jaw was not the best, but it certainly wasn't glass. His real problem was a sometimes reckless defence and the shots he took from Hagler and Barkley would have KO'd just about anyone.
     
  12. fatcity

    fatcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Then if it was not glass perhaps he graduated to "china" in his mandible.:lol:
     
  13. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Glass Jaws EXIST in boxing - and more fighters have them that you apparently want to admit. When a fighter gets taken out brutally, particularly when it happens multiple times - sorry, that's pretty solid evidence a fighter has glass chin.
     
  14. the-demon

    the-demon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    check the african american glass jaw rankings thread chin checker right up your street...:yep:yep:yep
     
  15. garfios

    garfios Dark Lord Full Member

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    I'll say Gamboa, I think he has a good chin but has been questioned because a couple of wrong calls.