What makes for a good "chin"?

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  1. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Stocky legs.
     
    SmackDaBum, Sep 26, 2017
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    [url]https://www.google.se/search?client=ms-android-samsung&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=RcDLWaqSHKHF6ASXwIDwDg&q=sugar+ray+robinson+tale+of+the+tape&oq=sugar+ray+robinson+tale+of+the+tape&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.12...54676.67684.0.68183.42.26.16.0.0.0.214.3290.2j22j1.25.0....0...1.1j4.64.mobile-gws-img..1.11.1170...0i19k1j0i30k1j30i10k1.777.utwpk6uFk-o#imgrc=hl5IhqYKFWd8tM[/url]:

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    He stacks up very well against modern super heavyweights so I wouldnt call his legs skinny either.
     
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    SmackDaBum, Sep 27, 2017
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    The tale of the tape always leaves me scratching my head. Wilder's waste is 36" at 226 pounds? I'm just a hair over 5'10" and I recently let my weight get up to ~225, and my waist was 35" and I was pretty out of shape. I'm back down to 210, still out of shape but fitting comfortably into pants that are 33" in the waist. When I was ripped (about the same body fat as Wilder judging by appearances) I weighed in the mid 180's and had a 29 inch waist.

    According to measurements my calves (17") are much larger than Holyfield's and my arms are almost as big. That can't be right.
     
    Sting like a bean, Sep 27, 2017
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    Well, how many great boxers are genetic clones of their fathers? To say something is genetic is definitely not to say it's fully heritable.
     
    Sting like a bean, Sep 27, 2017
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    No, chicken man. According to me just because you are a great boxer doesn't mean that your sons will automatically inherit your physical attributes and abilities just through the genes. That includes your resilience and chin. Boxers are not racehorses.

    Get it now?
     
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    which is why I questioned colonel chicken when he said that great chins is down to inherited genes.
     
    JackSilver, Sep 27, 2017
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    Haha hillarious isnt it? Poor skinny legs Robinson from the history books still blows away modern super heavyweight Wilder aka bronzebomber.


    Nevertheless I wouldnt call 20's thighs at middle weight small either. By todays pre weigh in standard he would compete in an even smaller weight class thus bigger thighs in comparison of his competition.
     
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