Herol Graham "Glass Chinned"

Graham had that reflex defence Ingle specialized in. When you got to a certain level that meant no matter how quick you were, you got caught with your head bolt upright. When that happened, you could have a Chavolesque chin and still go ever.

Outside of KalambayI, when Graham's arrogance cost him, and KalambayII, where he was darn unlucky to drop the decision, Ingle's fundamentals cost him in all his other defeats, except for Brewster, when age finally caught up with The Bomber.

Although not made of cement, Graham basically had a 'solid' chin, and a very good to excellent ticker...

 

Nah, nothing that wrong with Grahams chin. Not great but decent enough.

 

David Tiberi wants a word...

 

Still not seen that fight TB. I remember Boxing News were going mad about it at the time though.

 

But for a counted but unscored knockdown, and a fairly harsh point deduction Graham would have got the decision and his world title against the Bodysnatcher. Regardless of that, anyone who can go the distance with, and only drop a marginal decision against McCallum at least has to have a reasonable beard. He gooned Collins and basically took Watson apart directly after the Graham fight.

 

The problem was, Graham did his party trick against McCallum. And as funny as it is, you do not win boxing matches by throwing your opponent over your shoulder. Thus The Bomber did deserve the point deduction, and in a painfully close fight, the razor thin loss.

 

The irony of a simple spelling mistake in careless...

As for the what ifs?

If he had edged McCallum well Watson/Benn would go a couple weeks later, so the winner of that was probably a given. If he had edged past Watson, then a Kalambay rematch would of been next on the agenda. If he had got past that then you were in the Toney et al era.

As for beating Jackson, then Eubank had just beat Benn, so that is a fair bet. A rematch with McCallum would probably follow if he had beaten the ego.

 

Who says he had a glass chin ?

 

If i can correct people, Graham wouldn't have beat McCallum but for the point deduction, it would have been a draw.

 

Julian Jackson could ko a rhino, so I don't think appearing in the hawk's highlight reel means you got a china chin.

 

Does anyone know what other fights he got knocked down in? Seem to remember he did against Frank Grant when he looked a shell of himself.

 

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