ESB's Chinchecker Strikes Again!!

I predicted Cotto to stop Judah - Judah makes Cotto look like George Chuvalo!!

I thought Mosley would decision him. Scar's absolutely right, Cotto's chin isn't in Fraudley's league - but it's still shaky.

See, this is my point here - so many people scoff at the CENTRAL importance of punch resistance in boxing. This fight PROVES just HOW important having a solid beard is.

 

But you have to look at ALL the fights, not just this one. Cotto was nearly taken out by light-hitting - and 17 pounds lighter - Demarcus Corley, and mediocre Ricardo Torres before this. I told everyone when this fight was signed that Cotto did not have the punch resistance to stand up to Margarito for 12 rounds, and that he would be stopped late.

When are boxing fans going to recognize that having a solid chin is THE most important attribute a fighter can have?? :huh Every time I pick a fight, all the naysayers say "all you do is pick on chins" or something like this. Well, there's a REASON for this. After 30 years of following the fight game, I can spot shaky whiskers and i know their importance in determining outcomes. I just want other people to see the centrality of this critical factor!

 

I wouldn't argue with any of that - except I'd say Cotto's chin is below average, what I'd call "shaky." Not glass certainly, but not that solid either. And I recognized this before the fight, which is why I predicted him to be stopped late, rather than early.

I just get sick of all these fans who question the importance of punch resistance. Watch - when I predict Khan and Haye will be starched, all the critics will come out of the woodwork. And after they're KTFO, you'll see 'em come out with lines like "that punch would've KO'd anybody."

Fans not recognizing the importance of chins is just one of my pet peeves, that's all!

 

Thanks sir. Scar's a good guy overall, he was pprobably just worked up in the heat of the moment. Happens around here all the time, although not as much since Radar left!

Listen, I'm all about the fight game. And my thing is punch resistance. I am not joking when I tell people that 9 times out of ten when you have a relatively evenly matched fight, the guy with the better chin will win. Heck, if the chin's shaky enough, it doesn't even matter if it's an evenly matched fight!:yep

Many fans refuse to see this. They also don't appear to recognize that most fighter's chins are, to one degree or another, dentable.

 

Thank you, sir!:good