"Fighters With Great Chins Usually Are Very Soft On The Body......"

Margarito vs Mosley

 

JLC vs. Hatton?

 

Not always true...............

 

Makes no sense. Completely unscientific, there should be no reason for a direct correlation. Lennox is desperate to sound insightful at times.

 

3 good examples so far........



Keith

 

shut up

please just shut up

 

It's not that they are unusually soft to the body but the comparison pales when their ability to take body shots is made against their ability to take headshots. Mayorga was taking a beating from Trinidad to the head but it was the bodyshot that finished him.

 

You can take a punch better if your body is relaxed. It's the same with car accidents and drunks taking less physical damage than sober people.

When your neck is tense the impact reverberates through the head. The brain shakes because the muscles intend to contract the opposite direction of the force.

When you are relaxed, the muscles release in the direction of the force. Every part of your body has a +/- muscle.

Now of course, you want your stomach to be tense to take a body shot. Since these rubber band men loosen up to take head shots, their bodies are usually very loose and vulnerable.

 

Mosley said something specific about Mexican fighters often being able to take it to the chin all day but having a weakness in the body area.

 

great explanation, and now 4 excellent examples.


Keith