Boxers whose chins have improved considerably

J.R. · Dec 8, 2009

De La Hoya. He was dropped a number of times earlier in his career when he was at lower weights with those match stick legs of his... and then began to stand up to the punches considerably better the more he moved up in weight.

MrMagoo1986 · Dec 8, 2009

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I think Khan can improve punch resistence significantly, PacMan is the finest example to that. Khan had extremely thin legs with too much upper body muscle mass and little head movement/slipping punches. He also badly drained himself to make weight, not only before weigh-in, but he kept his weight down between fights too much.

Just think about this: between 18 and 22 years of age, he did not grow out his starting division (140), in fact, he went DOWN to 135 for a couple of years and now moved back to LWW, while at that age period Pacquiao grew out 3, De La Hoya 2, Chavez Jr. 4(!) weight divisions.

IMO the weight of his naturally growing body was wrongfully kept down, and given the still very thin legs and losing weight even to make 140, welterweight should be his natural class at 23-25. With that said, it's a known and more and more visible fact that Roach and Ariza are moving muscle mass from upper body to the legs (wise decision), 140 is much more comfortable anyway, and Amir is learning how to minimize damage with new defensive techniques. So I think he can take a much bigger punch right now, and I think growing into higher classes with proper nutrition will only help him more. There are many examples of this.

However, if at some point he's going to take insanely clean LMW punches, it will be the time I'm seriously going to think there's something fishy in Roach's camp.
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:deal bang on my friend

Chinny · Dec 8, 2009

David Tua was KO'd by Felix Savon as an amateur, put on loads of weight and became unmovable

Ali was down a few times early on

Roy Jones was ....on no, thats not right.

koko of phil · Dec 8, 2009

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Miguel Cotto, Terry Norris
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I think Miguel Cotto always has glass chin. Only his defense improved.

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