Does Golota have a glass chin?

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  1. diamondDave

    diamondDave Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Great analysis!
     
  2. Loufatski

    Loufatski Boxing Junkie banned

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    interesting post, and true
     
  3. Sakura

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    Maybe a little or atleast easy to hit
     
  4. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Wow the golota nuthuggers are still standing strong on this site......... Still doesn't change the fact he has a bad chin. Maybe not glass but below average. You don't get TKO'd in the 1st round twice because you have a great chin like some of you morons are saying. Every puncher he fought dropped him. Bowe, Grant, Tyson, Lewis, Brewster.
     
  5. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    What a simplistic outlook.

    :smoke
     
  6. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Thank you.
     
  7. JETSKI

    JETSKI Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bowe = 25 rabbit punches before AG went down.

    Grant = 1 good shot on the chin & then 35 punches to drop him.

    Tyson = 1 monster shot that put Golota down, but he was up instantly.

    Lewis = weird ass circimstances leading up to that fight, but he definitely got caught with some good powerful LL punches. No excuse here.

    Brewster = 1 of the greatest left hooks landed in boxing history & Andrew kept getting up for more. Brewster was jacked sky high that night. No one in there with him would have survived.

    You can't even see this punch coming & look at that follow through...deadly!
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    Spin that...
     
  8. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    All true. Only two times has Golota been dropped by a single punch: once against Tyson and once against Brewster.

    Against Tyson, he got up at the count of 2 from a punch that would have kept most down for the count; against Brewster, he just got caught COLD! And that was a perfectly placed left hook.

    In all honesty, I don't think Golota's chin is what it once was, but up until around 2000, he had one of the better chins in the heavyweight division.

    His problems were mentally coping with hard shots--physically, he could withstand them.

    At worst, his chin was above average.
     
  9. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    WHAT!?!?!?!?!!?!?!

    If you think that's one of the greatest left hooks ever landed in boxing history then I have a bridge to sell you.

    That's wouldn't even be in the top 100 of the best left hooks ever. Wow you golota fans get more and more demented as the years pass.
     
  10. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    I'm gonna take you to task here:

    Please list 99 that were better! Seriously?

    :good

    I'll give you a head start:

    Frazier knocksdown Ali in fight 1
    Robinson's KO of Fulmer

    Please list 97 others that were greater.

    :smoke
     
  11. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Yeah cause I have nothing better to do.:patsch

    Curry KO McCrory
    McCallum KO Curry
    Morrison KO Rudduck
    Wilson KO Nwodo
    Tito KO Vargas 12th round
    Tito KO Campos
    Jackson KO Drayton
    Walcott KO Charles
    Patterson KO Johansson
    Foster KO Tiger
    Foster KO Quarry
    Meza KO Garza
    Leonard KO Green
    Toney KO Nunn
    Jefferson KO Harris
    Green KO Codrington
    Stevens KO Daniels
    Marciano KO Matthews
    Maussa KO Harris:D

    Just to name a few.
     
  12. Loufatski

    Loufatski Boxing Junkie banned

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    When you don't see the punch coming and you're not ready for it, the best chin in the world can't hold up. This type of strike to the head (especially the chin) rotates the head sharply and causes compression to the spinal cord restricting feelings in the body and compresses the arteries in the neck restricting blood flow to the brain. Your best defense is to have a thick and strong neck, and being alert and ready so you can lock the neck muscles to prepare for impact.

    Golota's chin is as good as it gets.
     
  13. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Is this supposed to be a serious question?

    Wlad may be more difficult to hit flush, and he might have better defense, but Golota clearly has the better chin.
     
  14. sir axeman

    sir axeman Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd agree with many here - that his weakness is mental - he goes into meltdown to easily....sort of like Tyson when he thinks he's going to loose.

    His chin I think is decent - definately not glass or china. In fact really I dont think anyone gets into the top 10 in world rankings with a glass chin - the true 'glass chins' get exposed a long way before they break into the world rankings...which of course means they never get there.

    Like has been said - if you dont see a punch coming your in big trouble if its coming from a big puncher...gotta see it and brace yourself!!
     
  15. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, but i suggest you watch his fight with Lewis. He was wobbling around the entire ring.


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