Can you build a chin?

Yes. You can almost certainly do things to damage a chin and do things to get the best of of your chin.

 

People keep saying that if you have a long neck that you can't take a punch and I use to think the same thing because people like Tyson, Tua, McCall, and Mercer have great chins and they all have short stocky necks, but here's one man that keeps that pattern from being consistent....Pavlik!! :good


He has a long neck and can take a shot and it just doesn't make sense.

 

I thought he got floored by JT.

 

He did get floored by JT but he got up and KO'd him. Tyson got floored by Douglas, Holyfield, and Lewis and I believe everyone considers Tyson as having a pretty solid chin.

 

No. If you don't have it, then you are glassy. But I believe great condition in a fight makes you less vulnerable.

 

**** Doesnt Mc Call have a skinny neck? Or does his big head/lower jaw make it appear so...

 

I would say no cos it's almost as to say you can build natural talent. When you are hit, the impact travels through the lower jaw to the spinal cord and activates neurosensors that sustain and command all your body activity... But you can train so that you can get used to pain and develop your "mental toughness", minimizing its effects and enabling you to fight through it, remember that the inability to tolerate punishment is often responsible for losing - this doesn't mean you should be "beaten up" in the gym but training/sparring with heavier men may prepare you and sharp you up or so says Wayne McCullough in "The Ring" Nov 2007 issue - The Fight Doctor: Can you feel my Pain? article... Never heard Friedrich Nietzsche's quote " What doesn't kill us makes us stonger"? Evander Holyfield says that enduring the pain plays a great part in making a great fighter and I believe in him.

 

I think McCall's neck is pretty normal in size. It's not long like Hearns but it's certainly longer that Tyson's or Tua's

 

I've got a pretty long neck and take a good shot but that's probably due to the fact that I have big legs and shoulders, I'm sure having a shorter neck would help though.

 

It couldn't hurt.

 

Not true, a strong neck is the foundation of the chin. People use the term "chin" because that's the best part of the head to hit which rapidly snaps the neck which cuts off feeling to the body. Strong thick necks make good chins, and of course it also depends on how much impact one can take to the brain before it blacks out. Some brains are "stronger" than others.