Improve weak chin - possible or not ?

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  1. zop

    zop Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Is weak chin a genetic issue or it could be improved by training ?

    I have to list some very good or even excellent active boxers with soft chin : Rigondeaux, Gamboa, Khan, Pacquiao, Broner, W. Klitschko, Fury.

    What do you think ?
     
  2. boxingfanatical

    boxingfanatical Member Full Member

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    Pacquiao and Broner do not have weak chins. Pacquiao has been dropped twice in like 16+ years (by the same guy). Broner was dropped by Maidana who hits like a mule. By your logic, anyone who has met the canvas is glass chinned.
     
  3. K.D

    K.D Active Member Full Member

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    Pac and broner dont have weak chins

    You can do chin exercises and make it strong, but there will be a genetic barrier.

    You can see here khan was training his chin, but that never helped against canelo.
    https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WGTyTftKtSE/hqdefault.jpg

    A lot of it has to do with having your chin tucked in too, like golovkin. Golovkin has been rocked, it's just most of the hits he takes are to the forehead, where is strong neck muscles absorb the shots
     
  4. Angler Andrew

    Angler Andrew Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    There seems to be a thing on here that if you're not James Tony you have a weak chin,unbelievable like the other guy isn't allowed to drop you or something.
    Amid Khan compounds things by literally running onto the end of shots.
     
  5. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Recovery and instincts while hurt can improve over time sure, chin no...
     
  6. Gr8Mandingo

    Gr8Mandingo Member banned

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    dont know how packeow made your list. he has eaten plenty of tough leather ...his KO loss to Marquez was a near perfect shot, and his previous KO losses were more of a "beaten up" variety i believe
     
  7. zop

    zop Well-Known Member Full Member

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    OK, I will partly change my opinion, so, Pacquiao is/was an excellent boxer with an average chin.

    Broner is a very decent boxer with a weak chin, nobody can convince me the opposite...
     
  8. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    There is no such thing as 'training' a Chin. PED's also do nothing as far as a Chin.
     
  9. Nuro

    Nuro Active Member Full Member

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    Although he hit the canvas broner took some huge shots and still kept coming.
     
  10. zop

    zop Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This is not a proof...He has not a good chin, it is obvious. I don't like his behaviour inside and outside the ring, but I am unbiased. Again, AB has quite solid skillset but his chin is a soft one.....
     
  11. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Chin, like power, is something you either have or you don't.
     
  12. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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    being weight drained affects your chin / so fighting at a comfertable weight will improve it .
     
  13. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    and hand speed.
     
  14. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Yes, you can improve it. Strengthing your neck can help. But increasing a fighter's confidence is another story. In boxing, sometimes one part of the anatomy helps the other.

    If both are worked on, a fighters ability to take a shot can improve somewhat. Of course having good conditioning helps.
     
  15. Nuro

    Nuro Active Member Full Member

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    Porter never really rocked him did he? Landed some sweet shots too