Lennox's chin - for once and for all

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  1. Luigi1985

    Luigi1985 Cane Corso Full Member

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    Here only some ATG´s who had better chins IMO:

    Rocky Marciano
    Ali
    George Foreman
    James J. Jeffries
    Jack Johnson
    Jess Willard
    Joe Frazier
    Larry Holmes

    and some others, although Lewis chin was good, compared to the ATG´s you can only say mediocre, you get my point?
     
  2. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Totally disagree, and i would rank Lewis with Frazier, or damn close.
     
  3. Luigi1985

    Luigi1985 Cane Corso Full Member

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    I try to explain it, if one of the best fighters from era A fights in a matchup against one of the best fighters from era D, it wouldn´t be one-sided (like most of Lewis fights), it would have been a war, and when fighters like Rahman and McCall, who had both good power, but not compared to ATG´s like Foreman, Marciano, Jeffries, etc., KO´d Lewis with only one punch, than you must honestly say that in a fantasy matchup Lewis chances to get KTFO again wouldn´t be that low...
     
  4. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Well, I don't know about that, let's just say my chin wasn't tested.

    What I'd say is this - Lewis's chin clearly wasn't good, but it wasn't grade A china either. I'd rate it a 3 or 4 out of 10. Better than Tommy Morrison, but worse than Joe Louis.
     
  5. Luigi1985

    Luigi1985 Cane Corso Full Member

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    But Frazier wasn´t KTFO against fighters with only good punching power, one of the hardest hitting HW´s ever, George Foreman, needed so many punches to TKO him, you get my point? Lewis chin was better than the examples I mentioned?