Updated July Glass Jaw Rankings 7/14/2013 1. Khan (Champion Emeritus) 2. Chad Dawson 3. David Price 4. Kirkland 5. Fraudley 6. Bute 7. Fury 8. J. M. Lopez 9. Seth Mitchell 10. Wilder Thoughts? :think
Good list. I might move Price a little higher, based on recent "achievements," but you can't really argue with Amir Khan at #1!!! That's one serious glass jaw, a KO waiting to happen again.
Honestly, the top 3 are pretty interchangeable. All 3 have horrid punch resistance. It is going to take on hell of a Glass Jaw to bump Khan out of #1.
Yeah, you've got a good point there. I mean, even though both Khan and Price have been knocked out twice, Khan has demonstrated such feeble punch resistance it's really hard to say Price is worse. I based my call on the fact that he's been taken out more recently, for the most part.
As a relative newcomer to the study of chins I appreciate your expertise on the matter. Just as a sidenote - there were rumours that Khan has developed a revolutionary chin-traning schedule to toughen his chin up. As another sidenote, I'd be interested to see you develop some kind of chin-strength rating system, with 100 being the strength of wet toilet tissue and 0 being the legendary substance of granite, and how you'd rate these guys on such a system.
I know I will be hated for raising this point, but as far as elite boxers go, how about Sergio Martinez? Sergio's last 8 fights: Martin Murray dropped him once hard, and was hosed out of the reality of a 2nd KD. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. dropped him extremely hard in the 12th. Matthew Macklin scored a KD. Darren Barker did not score a knockdown despite his success. Sergei Dzinziruk also did not score a knockdown. Paul Williams did not score a knockdown en route to being devastated in highlight reel fashion. Kelly Pavlik floored Sergio half way through their fight. Paul Williams dropped an off balance Sergio in round 1 of their fight, Sergio returned the favor later in the round. Sergio has been dropped by 5 of his last 8 opponents. Murray, Macklin, and Chavez had no business knocking down Sergio. Williams and Pavlik are both beyond understandable. But the other three, woo, I don't know. I hate saying it but Sergio is, if not a KO waiting to happen, is certainly a KD waiting to happen. Odds are with you, even if you're a tough but limited Brit with average power.
Most of the times he recuperates really fast though or it is a ballance KD. I think he is a KO waiting to happen mainly because 1) his reflexes are declining and he is fighting with his hand down 2) he is on collision course with the good boy
Most American boxers are glassed jawed. America is the worst country in the chins department. Glass shattered everywhere.