Lennox's chin - for once and for all

Hmmm, I guess its a compliment to Lewis that his chin gets criticised, because it shows we are comparing him against the highest benchmarks i.e. the greatest HWs that have ever lived.

I think his chin was good, but that is someway short of 'granite', 'tremendous' or whatever words we might use for Ali, Foreman et al.

Clearly, saying he has a glass jaw is hyperbole, presumably used to make a point by over-emphasis.

 

Like he did against Golota, Ruddock, Klitschko, Grant, Holyfield, and Mercer right? Lewis was aggressive in the majority of his fights. In fights where he was cautious he usually did so for a reason, although admittedly against Tyson he was far too cautious for my liking. Aginst Tua though it was the correct tactic. Why get into a brawl with a rock-chinned big puncher when you can keep him on the outside and win the fight comfortably? That's not called cautious, that's called smart. :yep

 

Another loose anti Lewis post absolutely gunned down in flames.

 

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It is a good chin, its not glass, its not granite.

Its about as proven as can be, Lewis has taken some good shots in his time. The shots that put him away were unbelievable punches.

 

McCall caught him right in the middle of a 1-2, that's horribly disorientating on its own. Reminds me a little of the Tyson-Botha KO come to think of it ("Haah! H-ugh...")

The Rahman one, well, that was a right belter anyway. A 238-pound man hitting you like that is not going to feel good whoever you are. I can't think of many HWs that would've taken that and kept upright. Which is why it was so stupid with the casual attitude, lazy defence and insufficient altitude training, but that's a long story...

 

You can only take 2 responses IMO:

Mediocre or good

 

There's a lot of grey area between medicore and good, no?

 

Correct, but I only wanted that 2 peeving "sides" stop now:

the one who said he had an iron chin because he survided against big punchers like Tua, Grant, etc.

and the other side who said he had a glass chin because he was KO´d twice with one punch


IMO both opinions are hyperbolical and not fair, Lewis did have a good chin, ATG´s-wise he had a mediocre chin when we compare it with the best chins ever at HW...

 

Absolutely my good man. :good

 

I fail to see much difference between mediocre and glass

:hey

 

Wrong. In his era, Lewis had a good chin, otherwise he wouldn´t have a great record he has now. Compared to the ATG´s at HW, than his chin is mediocre...

big difference!

 

Mediocre? I won't be the one but plenty here could shoot you down on that one. The man lost two fights in his life, by stoppage. One he should have been allowed to go on. ATG's at heavyweight. He was on his ass what, 2 times? How many of your ATG's have been down two times or less? Ali? Frazier? Foreman? Charles? Holmes? Louis?

 

Why? Because he was stopped on 2 occasions and by a punch in the McCall fight that would have put many of the top 10 consensus Heavyweights of all time flat on their backs as well? Most people's top 10 Heavyweight rankings is not based on their chins, otherwise we'd have McCall and Chuvalo fighting it out for best Heavyweight of all time! So I don't understand your logic of Lewis having a good chin in his own era and it suddenly becoming mediocre in a top 10 ranking of overall skills, abilities and achievements.

Luigi, no fighter ever got into the top 10 of any division based solely on the strength of their chins. I'm sure you know this so I don't follow your logic.