Does Rahman have the worst chin of any former lineal titlist?

Rahman took a prime Sanders best shots and came back and ko'd him, Wlad couldnt take the shots of the overweight past prime Sanders. He obviously ko'd Lennox. He deserved a UD against Tua, deserved a UD against Toney, and beat a few fringe guys

Worse Lineal HW Champs - Leon Spinks, Shannon Briggs, Mike Moorer (arguably), Buster Douglas (arguably), Carnera, Jess Willard, TOmmy Burns

Worse Chin Of Linear Champs - Moorer, Spinks, Briggs and a few others

 

Well....JT was able to Rock Rachman......He can't have the strongest beard that is for sure.

 

That pretty much sums Rahman up in a nutshell. He was as mediocre as contenders come in his "prime" and his chin was probably the shakiest in modern HW history along with Herbie Hide and, of course, Fraudley.

 

Ha ha ha , i rememberh getting caught cold by Bernardo Mercado..

WTF.. and he still got a title fight with Holmes....

 

Seldon got knocked out by punches that didn't even hit him (Tyson )

 

Floyd Patterson.

After unifying belts, many consider Wlad Klitschko to have reestablished lineage. But Rahman chin's, imo, is even weaker.

 

Certainly weaker than Wlad's, as you say, but also weaker than Patterson's too. As Floyd said, he went down, but he always kept getting back up. Most of the times Rahman went down, he was out cold - the telltale sign of a glass jaw. :nod

 

Rahman is the worst HW champ ever, point blank period

 

Rahman does have a bad chin, but:

-The Toney stoppage is questionable to say the least

-He does have significant wins over Sanders, Meehan, Berbick, Sullivan, and Barret, as well as Lewis

 

Rahman does have a better chin than Wlad. Ask Corrie Sanders. He took those shots from Sanders and still won. Sanders bounced wlads egg chin all over the ring floor.

 

Great point

 

This guy was the luckiest "champion" in boxing history ... this guy won from a lucky punch ... got knocked out in the rematch ... then he won the title off of Klitschko retiring ... then got knocked out again by Maskaev.

 

Sanders had the glass-jawed Rahman on the canvas. Here's the difference. Rahman has been stopped MORE times, and has been stopped MORE BRUTALLY. Wlad takes punches, goes down, but keeps getting up. When Rahman hits the deck, usually, he's out cold - the telltale sign of glass jaw.

Of recent HWs only Fraudley and Herbie Hide have worse chins than Rahman, and neither one of them ever held a legitimate title.

 

I agree. His chin is not great, but it's decent. He did come back from some corrie sanders bombs to take him out. His work ethic and stamina are pretty deplorable most times.