Do you reckon skull size has anything to do with absorbing a heavy shot,Ive noticed that alot of those fighters renowned for taking a good lick have large skulls,Cobb,Chuvalo,Ward,Gatti etc!
you are born able to take a punch, skull size has nothing to do with it IMO. although i would like to see some research on brain casing and how some fighters completely get ****ed and lose there equilibrium from a temple shot and others go unnafected. valuev has a huge head and has a great chin. tye fields has an enourmous head and a chin easily dented.
I agree its a born thing,just like being a puncher is a born thing.However I think I may still be on to something,surely if the skull is larger then perhaps there is more space for the brain to move in more fluid and so its protected a little more??? What you think Sean???
I doubt it as white people have bigger heads than black people and there are LOADS of black fighters with great jaws.
To be honest i don't think valuev has ever had his chin tested. He hasn't been caught with a shot like barrett caught fields with. I t would be interesting to see him take a shot from either klitschko to the chin or temple.
There has to be some reason for it though,like Sean I'd like to see some reserch into this! Very interesting.
Well Chavez is known to have a cranium with twice the padding than the average cranium. Chavez had a legendary chin but I'm sure there are many counter examples.
i could be bone density it could be how tightly the brain is packed. i have seen brain scans showing how punches damge cells in the brain but nothing on how well the head can stand up or not stand up to punishment. as we have electrical impulses to the brain and when somefighters are knocked out they lose all contol , it could be something to do with how we might be all wired up just slightly differently.
i have seen many valuev fights live. he gets caught flush in virtually every fight. john ruiz wound up some right hands from way back and valuev walked onto them taking them flush with full power and valuev walked through them. IMO valuev would walk straight through the shot that felled fields.