Does Fury have a weak chin?

My god. Does Muhammad Ali have a weak chin? Larry Holmes? Both have been down repeatedly, and in both cases, nearly ko'd (Cooper and Shavers). But they are properly regarded as having ATG chins. The fact that they went down in their career mattered MUCH less than how they got up, and who they faced.

Fury faced arguably the hardest hitters of two separate era's. One failed to even hurt him. The other failed to ko him, despite landing a punch combo that would have ended virtually anyone else. Fury has a great chin. Maybe not in the Vitali Klitschko, Oliver McCall, Marius Wach fashion, but in the Ali, Holmes, Holyfield fashion. Part of chin is recovery, as with those fighters, as much as not getting kd'd or hurt in the first place.

 

Fury used to come forward and mix it up all the time. Since being dropped by Pajkic and Cunningham, he's changed his style to defensive safety first, behind the jab from the outside, which he is very good at. Pretty indicative that he has a suspect chin when he's getting dropped pretty hard by the likes and changing his style to one where hes very difficult to hit. Mind you, Cunningham was a cruiserweight with a less than 50% ko ratio, and he absolutely decked Fury and rocked the bejesus out him.

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I think he has a very curious mix of a weakish chin but superb recovery powers. Every time he's been knocked down, including in the Wilder fight, he's bounced back stronger.

The gypsy warrior is most certainly unique.

 

Marquez had a similar chin: hed get knocked down alot but recover. I think maybe they reason with themselves that once they get properly hit flush, they almost voluntarily fall over to avoid taking follow up shots, and to give themselves time to recover knowing they will be able to outbox the other guy when they get up.

 

IMO yes

 

Cunningham a journeyman?

 

Yes, it's a little weak. Cunningham rocked him quite a few times in their fight, and Firtha had him on badly shaken legs. McDermott stunned him as well to my knowledge.

He's got ridiculous recuperative powers though, a bit like Ali transplanted with Joe Louis.

 

Pajkic not Cunningham.

 

KDs are not the best measure of a chin.

KOs are.

 

not really but his massive size obviously hinders his balance.

 

Oh the internet strikes again. All or nothing. Fast or slow. Right or wrong. Weak or strong.

No, it's not weak. No. it's not iron. Like with 90% of boxers the truth about Fury's chin lies somewhere between the two. It's strong enough for him to be a fighter who has never been stopped. Or beaten....

 

It's normal.

 

First KD was a flash one. Nobody would have stood off that left hook and very few others would have got back up. I don’t think Fury, Wilder or AJ have weak chins at all.