Earliest boxing champions to have glass chins

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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Before guys like Thomas Hearns, Wlad Klitschko, Roy Jones, Terry Norris, etc. who were some of the earliest boxing champions back then that was labeled as having a "glass chin".
     
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  2. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Patterson maybe
     
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  3. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Peter Maher comes to mind.
     
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    Thomas Hearns did not have a glass chin ..
     
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    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    There was no such thing in the bare knuckle era, because you had 30 seconds+ to get up.
     
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  6. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Excellent choice! I don't think Choynski's was much better either.
     
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    Fred Fulton ( not a champ ). Tiger Flowers.
     
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  8. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Roy Jones chin matter didn't begin until his mid-30's. I think it was more a matter of him relying on a young man's fight plan after his legs and reflexes got old.

    Waldo also had more a panic/pacing problem. Manny helped him learn to manage that. I wouldn't say he has a stout chin but I wouldn't say he is chinny.
     
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  9. Unforgiven

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    Did the expression "glass chin" exist in Maher's time ?
     
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  10. Unforgiven

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    I think Floyd Patterson had a very suspect chin.
     
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  11. WhataRock

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    they called them faience chins.
     
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