Can you improve a chin?

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  1. Work The Jab

    Work The Jab Well-Known Member Full Member

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    ??

    I personally don't think so but i'm happy to be proved wrong
     
  2. S_o_F

    S_o_F Guest

    Am sure you can have cosmetic surgery to remove a face ****.
     
  3. billy nelson

    billy nelson the fighting scots gym Full Member

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    Yes by having a better defence lol
     
  4. Work The Jab

    Work The Jab Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How does that improve a chin?? Doesn't that just improve your defence?? :lol:
     
  5. impacted

    impacted Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You can definitely train to improve your chin. Neck harnesses and wrestling bridges will strengthen the neck and jaw quite dramatically to prevent the rotational impact on taking a shot. Not saying it's possible by training alone to ever become a guy like Chuvalo, LaMotta, Pryor or Chavez, but it is certainly possible to train to hold a better punch than if you did nothing.
     
  6. anjawnaymiz

    anjawnaymiz Can we get Ivan Dychko some momentum Full Member

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    Yeah we did a lot of work on the neck and I noticed the difference.

    I reckon a stronger neck would lesson the chances of getting banjoed at least
     
  7. Pro Punter

    Pro Punter Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Absolutely
     
  8. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    An accurate punch thrown properly from the foot and followed through properly to the temple or point of the chin will knock you out, regardless of neck strength, due to the pressure point and nerve endings. In fact, a stronger, denser neck will only actually strengthen a blow itself if under the tip of the chin or to the side of the temple! This is because your head won't jerk back or jar sideways as much which would've taken some impact away had it done so!

    However, a stronger, thicker neck will certainly help with absorbing hooks to the lower jaw. By hooking your opponents jaw either side of chin you will rattle his or her head sideways causing their brain to smash against their skull, causing trauma. A strongly developed, tougher neck will prevent as much whiplash effect at impact to the jaw edges, meaning a less violent brain rattle inside the skull.
     
  9. beachie17

    beachie17 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Billy is right, the best chin is the one that doesn't get hit, improving your defence effectively improves your chin.
     
  10. punk

    punk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Glass can be toughened. A lot of it comes down to mental strength, and wanting to come back from a big shot.
     
  11. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    This.
     
  12. Drunk Punch

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    You can also avoid punchers.
     
  13. Grooveongreg

    Grooveongreg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I was always getting dropped in boxing but always straight back up with clear head. I always put it down to a operation I had on my neck as a kid. My neck is scarred and wasted on one side. Used to do lots and of neck exercises didn't seem help. If I got hit on the tip of my jaw I'm over lol
     
  14. Pro Punter

    Pro Punter Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Surely a bull neck has more chance of taking a punch than a skinny Ostrich neck.

    Anyone will go down if hit in the right place though - every human body has weak spots.
     
  15. Stevie 79

    Stevie 79 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Its one of lifes natural things youve either got it or youve not much the same as natural punch power to bang guys out . Froch is a great example of both