Ding AHHILATES Maccarinelli

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Zakman, Jul 21, 2007.


  1. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    Jack -

    This is all relative to forum fun, nobody is really looking for praise more than some entertainment by this stuff, because it creates awkward social reactions, some of it is terribly funny stuff!:lol:

    Besides, if you paid attention to chin arguments, many people don't call these "easy picks" for bad chins as you say, 90% tend to argue back until the joker is put out, Fraudley and Khan are definitley not the only ones and we tend to pick these guys out before there is a stitch of evidence...
     
  2. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Exactly. I wonder how many of these guys questioning chin predictions were actually out front regarding guys like Fraudley, Litzau or Khan, for example??

    The bottom line is that if you see signs that a guy's chin is shaky, you gotta call it.

    BTW, my next chin to be exposed, which I have also been calling for some time, is Jermain Taylor.

    Nothing ventured, nothing gained. If you don't take risks in making predictions, you often miss opportunties to be right. Of course, you also run the risk of being wrong - but I don't mind taking the heat, believe me!:yep
     
  3. dwilson

    dwilson Guest

    You are stupid.

    Where did i say Fraudly does not have a poor chin?

    I said that that punch would take anyone down. It was hard puncher by a good puncher and caught Fraudly clean. A hard good clean shot would take anyone down.

    Fraudly's chin is not good but its his own style and mentality that makes him an easy target to get ko'd. Some boxers can defend themselves and others cant. Khan has no defence what so ever so is a ko waiting to happen.

    Some boxers are ponderous and rely on a big punch Enzo tonight proved that he is not one of these. Enzo also proved he can defend himself. He took a few good punches and shook them off so also has a decent chin. His defense was on the whole impressive, although he did leave his chin high a couple of times but Wayne was not tall enough to catch it and neither would Ding be if that match up ever got made.
     
  4. Snorkel

    Snorkel Active Member Full Member

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    I've no doubt you're correct on that one. Hopkins and Wright both had him wobbled. I'm not convinced Pavlik's the man to do it even if he has sufficient power as Taylor's the better boxer. If Pavlik doesn't do it, there's a whole host of them up at SMW who can do the job for sure.:yep

    I think most people's problem with the chin thing is the relentlessness in telling everybody. It seems like you hate these guys purely because of their chin and want to make their fans dislike them too. I quite like Khan, for example, but I'm under no illusion as to his limitations. Despite that, I still think he can win titles even if he loses along the way. It seems a little harsh to single out fighters for not having a chin when they can't help it. It's like picking on midgets.

    Besides, Lewis had no chin and he was the best fighter of his generation, no? :D
     
  5. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Maybe he did look good, but how much of that had to do with how BAD Braithwaite was?? How do YOU know that Wayne's punches packed the steam they used to?? As fighter's age, generally speaking, their ability to knock out opponents tends to decrease. Look at Foreman, towards the end he was going the distance with guys he would've destroyed at his best. A lot of power has to do with timing, and particularlyl, speed.

    My point is this, in assessing these situations you have to evaluate several factors as once, including not just the performance of the winning fighter, but also the condition of the LOSING fighter.

    With respect to Maccinarelli my thesis is straightforward - the fact that he lasted with Braithwaite had more to do with how far Braithwaite had declined in overall ability than in any supposed improvement in Enzo's punch resistance, and I am simply proposing that we put that theory to the test by putting him in with Ding.:hey
     
  6. Words

    Words Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sorry I know everyone here loves Ding, but I dont see him getting past Mac's masssive long armed jabs to land his bombs. If he can, then its goodbye Mac, but thats a big if.

    Mac needs to face someone his own size to be tested. Fighting guys with real height and reach disadvantages is no good. why do you think they kept him away from David Haye? Haye is fast and big enough to get to Mac and **** his **** up.
     
  7. geppy

    geppy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Get over yourself!!

    Everyone was saying Audley was ****, long before he got KO'd. Anyone could see Audley fought like he was afraid to get hit. Audley was already exposed with several losses.

    Litzau was almost Ko'd on FNF's by Johnny Nolasko long before he fougth on HBO. It was no secret to anyone that watched the fight, they knew Litzau was wreckless with his defense and can be hurt.
     
  8. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Like Amsterdam said, it's all intended in good fun, truthfully. I don't "hate" ANY boxers really except for Ruiz - for this disgrace he's brought on this sport in so many ways. The thing I didn't like about Fraudley - and to a lesser degree Khan, because he doesn't do so much of this himself - is the outrageous HYPE these guys got before they did ANYTHING. And in Fraudley's case it was proven to be completely accurate the hype was unjustified. I suspect it will in both Khan and Taylor's case too - but of course I could be wrong.

    Part of the fun in all this is making bold predictions and seeing IF they come through. I assure you, however, that these predictions are made on the basis of analysis and observation, not "hate."

    And you're right about Lewis. People often misunderstand me there, too - I've great respect for Lewis PRECISELY because he was able to develop strategies to overcome his questionable chin and achieve greatness. In that sense, he IS one of the greatest of all time.:hey
     
  9. geppy

    geppy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    LMAO, Braithwaite is 31 years old and has 25 fight.
     
  10. dwilson

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    I respect that Wayne is on the slide and had been out of the ring for along time but Enzo was impressive in all areas tonight. Wayne was never likely to land that lucky punch. Wayne now is prob on par with what Ding is at this moment in time. Good + a punch but you got to rely on having the skills to land it or the opposition having the stupidity to let you. Enzo's size would come into play in a match up with Ding for sure and however much I like Ding and hope him the best I can not see him winning Enzo. Obviously there is always that freak of a lucky punch that would take anyone down but if that did not happen Enzo would walk in the title holder and walk out the title holder.


    I gotta take a nap before the bhop/winky fight starrs so i'll leave you to your infatuation with Ding. He must hate all the ass kissing on here.
     
  11. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    If that's the case, then how come I was the only poster, I believe, who called Sprott to starch Fraudley??:huh Maybe "you out sucka" did too, but I can't recall for sure. NO ONE was picking Sprott to take out that joke - in fact, there were STILL people who were defending Fraudley's chin. There are even one or two who CONTINUE to do so, despite the fact that his glass jaw was exposed for ALL to see.:patsch

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  12. Jack

    Jack Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    But getting hit is getting hit. Having better movement and all the rest of the things you listed is spot on, however, is a fighter is getting hit clean, all those things don't matter. The chances of a sweet punch landing are less, sure, but if those punches do land the result will similar.

    And I honestly think chins do get better. Look at people who have good chins.

    Joe Frazier. Took a LOT of clean shots in his career against hard hitters, but at the start of his career was hurt severely by Bonavena.

    Muhammad Ali was knocked down against Cooper, yet later on in his career took more powerful punches from Shavers, Foreman and Frazier. All harder hitters than Cooper by a long way. Compare Shavers punch in the 3rd or 4th round to the Cooper shot, and tell me which was better. Ali went down off the weaker punch.

    Roberto Duran was floored by DeJesus, and later in his career took harder cleaner punches form Barkley, who was much larger and obviously hit harder.


    Let me ask you a simple question. If a fighter goes into the gym for the very first time and gets hit clean on the chin. 10 years later and a champion, he goes back into the gym and takes the exact same punch. Is the result the same? Fighters get conditioned to taking punches. There's obviously a limit you reach before age becomes a hindrance for chins, but they steadily rise through a boxers career, and then drop.
    Not nessecarily. If a boxer gets hit totally blind, he will suffer more than if he had time to anticipate the shot. The excuse "That punch would have knocked anybody out", is applicable if he saw the shot. If he did not, there is a good chance even that boxer would have reacted better.
    Not having a chin like McCall or Chuvalo doesn't mean they are shakey-chinned though :lol:
     
  13. achillesthegreat

    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    Zak, who just appear to hate British fighters...

    Lewis, Harrison, Khan and now Enzo.
     
  14. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    But I've long supported Calzaghe and Hatton.....doesn't that count for anything??:cry:

    I was one of the few American posters, I think, to pick both Hatton and Calzaghe in their fights against Tszyu and Lacy. :D

    Trust me, it's not whether their British, it's whether they can take a punch. I've been just as hard on Rahman and Litzau and plenty of other china-chinned American fighters.:yep
     
  15. Boro chris

    Boro chris Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    NO. We just have. Maccarineli got hit with several hard shots and shook them off.
    I'm not saying he wont get ko'ed later in his career but he's far and away removed from Amir Khan(who REALLY has a problem).

    These china chin posts are becoming really tedious. Find a new tune.