Lennox Lewis had an Iron chin

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  1. Sprint

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    I agree that Lewis gets far too much stick for getting knocked out twice. His chin was definitely above average (if not by much). In the heavyweight division one punch can change everything. For Lewis to have the career he did, and face the opponents he did, to only get knocked out twice could be considered an achievement.
     
  2. dan-b

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    Great video thanks for posting it. If anyone can watch that & say Lewis' chin is "below average" then can they please tell me how they would class Wladimir Klitschko's chin?
     
  3. Punisher33

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    Wlad certainly has a worse chin than Lewis', he has been TKO'd 3 times and has hit the canvas 10 or 11 times already. Even Roy Jones made fun of his chin, laughing about how he got badly rocked by a jab against Brewster. Lewis' has an average to below average chin IMO, he legs would buckle often in fights, which is usually good sign of how strong or weak someones chin is.
     
  4. LennoxGOAT

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    For anyone who says Lennox's chin is anything other than great (not iron), they expose themselves as an idiot. He fought the best his entire career, got tagged often, and only hit the canvas twice (one of which was stopped too early).
     
  5. Robbi

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    Your a fool for coming to the conclusion Lewis has an iron chin when he was knocked out by single right hands from McCall and Rahman. Fighters with iron chins don't get dropped with single right hands.

    His chin was underrated and very good, not iron however.
     
  6. Bodysnatcher

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  7. dan-b

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    If that had happend in the 70's he would have been allowed to continue especially given it was a supposed "world" title fight. Like you said though there was every chance the Atomic Bull would have finished him anyway. We'll never know but what we do know is he was up & at least willing to continue.
     
  8. Robbi

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    Lewis doesn't have a glass jaw, thats for sure.
     
  9. brooklyn1550

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    Lewis had a good chin in my view. Not iron, not glass, but somewhere in the middle.
     
  10. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    I would say his chin was made of copper, that sounds about right.
     
  11. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    :lol: Good call
     
  12. scurlaruntings

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    To a degree? When Mccall flattend him with that hail mary overhand right LL could barely stand when the ref asked him to come towards him. When Rahman starched him minutes after the KO he wasnt even aware of what had happened and was twitching on the floor like an infantile ******.LL`s chin wasnt bone china but it was poor.He was hurt many a time vs Mercer and Bruno.It was hardly iron.
     
  13. markbrooklyn

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    Lenox Lewis' chin was no where near iron. He got knocked out on 2 occasions by only 1 punch! It takes way more then that to knock out an iron chinned figher. I'm not saying he had a glass jaw but he had a little better then average chin. His height helped him out alot because it was harder to land a solid big punch on a big guy like him.
     
  14. Bodysnatcher

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  15. Primadonna Kool

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    Lennox Lewis took bombs from VK....