Fights that first exposed a fighters glass chin

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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What are some fights that you can think of that showed that this particular fighter has a glass chin, whether they won or lost. Pretty much a foreshadowing to what would come later in their career when they get knocked out.

    I've always wondered if Thomas Hearns and Terry Norris were involved in fights that first showed that their chins were weak prior to their first knockout loss?
     
  2. janitor

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  3. JLP 6

    JLP 6 Fighter/Puncher Full Member

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    Chinny is an interesting thing...Some fighters with solid chin reputations have been KO'ed more than guy with rep for a bad chin. I cannot point to one fight. A fighter has to show himself prone to flash knock downs throughout his prime. KO's are different because most of the time Great fighters don't KO'ed much in thier primes, it is usual way after their best days are over when they start getting put out.

    Trinidad is considered chinny. He has been in the deck four times, Cortez, Stephens, Campos and Carr. That was it. He was stopped on his feet by Hopkins, incidentally the only time he was KO'ed.

    Joe Louis. Was down nine times. That is alot. But he was only KO'ed twice. He is definately chinny but, I think he also has a good chin, oxymoron I know. When he went down, it was usually a flash knock down, and the point was further made once he got up and immediately restarted beating on his opponent.
     
  4. Trail

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    Archie Moore? Wasn't he down in a large majority of his fights? Can't tell you which because he's not my specialist subject.
     
  5. jaywheel

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    Reid, Vargas...
     
  6. Surf-Bat

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    Ace Hudkins KO4 Ruby Goldstein.

    Goldstein was a murderous little puncher whom many thought was going to take Benny Leonard's place as lw champ when Leonard retired. The savage "Nebraska Wildcat" ended that dream.

    Bob Pastor KO8 Lem Franklin

    Many thought "Lammin' Lem" was a harder puncher than Joe Louis. Trouble is, he had a chin like Mike Weaver.
     
  7. TBooze

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    He had over 200 bouts, and no he was not knocked down in over a 100 of them...
     
  8. JLP 6

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    Thanks for that. Make that 6. Same point.
     
  9. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    some people are chinny or head shot weak like the 6"8 David Price, Patterson blacked out quite frequently.


    Some guys are off balance or dont react well when hit and panic and they don't have the cool of an Ali who wobbled and staggered but you thought it was a joke

    Lennox once hurt had a hard time recovering
     
  10. OvidsExile

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    Holmes vs Tyson
    Lewis vs McCall, Rahman
    Frazier vs Foreman
    Chuvalo vs Frazier, Foreman
    Tyson vs Douglas, Holyfield, Lewis
    Louis vs Schmeling, Marciano
    Jack Johnson vs Klondike, Joe Choynski, Jess Willard, Bob Lawson, Bearcat Wright, Bill Hartwell, Walter Price
    Jack Dempsey vs Fireman Jim Flynn
    Bob Fitzsimmons vs Mick Dooley, Jim Hall, James J. Jeffries, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Jack Johnson, Bill Lang
    Harry Greb vs Joe Chip, Kid Graves
    Ezzard Charles vs Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Marciano, John Holman, Young Jack Johnson, Donnie Fleeman, George Logan
    Jersey Joe Walcott vs Al Ettore, Tiger Jack Fox, Abe Simon, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano
    Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johansson, Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali
    Sam Langford vs Joe Jeannette, Young Peter Jackson, Fred Fulton, Harry Wills, Tut Jackson, Clem Johnson, Bearcat Wright, Brad Simmons
    Mickey Walker vs Phil Delmont, Johnny Smith, Joe Dundee, Max Schmeling, Paul Pirrone, Erich Selig
     
  11. TBooze

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    :blood
     
  12. D-MAC

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    Make that 7.

    He may have been stopped on his feet by Hopkins, but the immediate reason for that stoppage was that seconds earlier he had been stuck on his ass with a vicious punch.
     
  13. D-MAC

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    Make that 8.

    Kevin Lueshing also put him down in the 2nd round of their contest.
     
  14. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    How about John Tate against Mike Weaver....
     
  15. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    I never ever thought Id see George Chuvalo`s name in a "Chinny" thread. Now Ive seen everything.:patsch