Can you build a chin?

Working on your neck only helps to absorb punches that don't land on the chin.

 

i don't think so. it's either you have it or you don't

 

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I think you can build a chin you have to exercise it chew a lot of gum and do head weights and you should be good.

 

Cat improve the chin, but im sure you can build quick recovery by working on the legs alot

 

Working the neck is supposed to help absorb blows to those areas.

But I heard about a local trainer that told his boxer to chew a lot of gum to strengthen his jaw a little.

I really don't know if that actually works, maybe someone else here would know.

 

Nope.

 

Yes. It is a myth that a bad chin is totally uncorrectable.

Taking punches in the gym helps to build a chin- Ali had a succsessful second carreer after the speed went by sparring with no headgear and laregely allowing his partners to crack him (it was ultimately the real cause of his brain danage, too).

Putting on wieght helps to take punch.

Dempsey used to chew hardened tree sap to strengthen jaw muscles. Someone else mentioned gum

Strenghtneing the neck has been mentioned.

When Tommy Hearns realized he had a chin problem, he started training the legs. Strengthing the legs hleps to take a punch. That is why Leonard could not put him down in the second fight.

 

Definitely can't, you're either born with one or not but chins DON'T remain the same either. Take Samuel Peter for instance, he was able to take punches from the biggest puncher in boxing today for 12 full rounds but now can't handle a big shot, why?, because he took WAY more than he was supposed to in 1 fight. Some fighters can go through that and keep taking and taking, take Tyson for instance. Everyone is born in a way, some can't take a shot at all.

 

You cannott build a chin........... PERIOD !

But you can learn how to fight extremely well and become more aware of how it disbles you, Box in a way that you can see more , remember the punches that you dont see are the ones that knock you out...If you get to be a more alert boxer and know when you are more susceptible to being hit, you will ultimately become a finer and more capably durable boxer, you can condition yourself to being able to cope with punches that you see coming, anticipating it and craving, rolling the power and managing the power.. Watch Klitchko nowadays, he hardly gets phased by hard shots that even land flush because he isn't fearful any more or gunshy..

 

That vid...awsome! Still nobody has a better left hook than Frazier.

 

No.

But I think that Foreman´s chin was better in the second half of his career - it´s a mental thing.

 

Basically.... YES, I think you can improve a chin a fair amount, things like;

Building stamina, stronger legs, improving defence & head movement (taking fewer flush shots rolling with punches more), building strength through the upper traps/neck, improving the ability to tie up an opponent, psychology/sports psychology (or otherwise making a fighter mentally stronger), even training exercises where a fighter becomes accustomed to moving while disoriented (Tszyu used to do those), can give the illusion of significantly improving punch resistance, whilst perhaps only improving it very slightly in the pure sense of copping a blow straight on the jaw.

 

Foreman weighed about fifty pounds more. A stable base helps.

 

I Think Most Of These Things Would Help But Imo If Your Tall With A Long Neck Theres A More Chance Of You Not Taking Punches As Well As A Squat Fighter With A Short Wider Neck