Tyson Fury vs. the "Mount Rushmore of HW chins"; Assessment

An 8, with good powers of recovery. I just don't see Usyk hurting an 9 or a 10 like that. Even an 8 seems high to get hurt like that but I guess they can be with a perfect shot from a guy who's not a big puncher.

 

Fury doesn't have a great chin IMO, he has good defence and exceptional recovery powers though

His recovery would be 9/10 and I think this is different from chin, which i'd have as average given he's been put down a number of times

 

7/8 with elite recovery powers although now with age he is becoming less durable after years of abuse in and out of the ring. He never panics when hurt and his head is always clear.

He got concussed in that 3rd wilder fight in round 4 yet managed to fight through it in a war even though his body was in poor condition. He literally got KO'd asleep in that 1st Wilder fight and the gods of war revived him a truly historic moment in boxing. He was out on his feet against Usyk and managed to stumble around for 30 seconds and make the end of the round although he wilted heavily once the count got called and was lucky it was the end of the round. All of his fights prior he actually got stronger when clipped or hurt seemingly galvanizing him and refocusing his efforts e.g. Cunningham.

His defensive instincts when are hurt top tier. Most people who take them shots are unable to find any level of composure.

I think now Fury is at his physical end it would be very risky for him to get caught by someone like Dubious but 'd expect him to box a blinder like Usyk. Usyk has a few more knocks in his tank but wouldn't be surprised if he got put clean out by the right punch, it can happen. Usyk puts himself in a position to get hit by that kind of punch so rarely though. It would require exquisite timing and setup from an opponent. Meanwhile Fury puts himself in bad positions needlessly much more often.

There is reason the two lighter hitting men rule the division and that's skills and footwork negate any plodding power puncher all day long.

 

Chin 7, nothing special but recovery is an 11/10

 

Chin and recovery need to be separated here. Some people are just born with a strong mandible and cranium, and obviously neck muscle training can further durability. I don't think Fury has a great chin, but certainly has great overall recovery however

 

Chin nothing special, but ATG recovery abilities, instincts to protect himself when hurt bad, and focus when hurt. Always gets up, returns to being able to fight effectively very quickly, never panics or does the wrong thing when hurt. Even when he’s out on his feet or real bad off, he somehow does everything possible to protect himself and give himself the chance to recover.

basically, for everything involving recovery, it doesn’t get better. He’s tied with guys like Holyfield and Ali. Absolute top of the mountain ATG recovery ability.

 

Some boxers can take, what some get put down by. I think Usyk has shown this recently

 

It's weird people try to separate chin from recovery powers. Falling over isn't really just chin, it's also about body mechanics balance etc.
In boxing you get punished for it but you can be more concussed standing up as everyone knows with the flash KD's and on the feet stoppages.

What counts really is this: How much concussive damage can a fighter take and continue? In that sense Fury has (or had) a very good chin since he's taken punches from some of the biggest KO strikers out there and not been stopped.

I think the reason he 'recovers' is because he was never so concussed he couldn't continue.

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Sounds about right

 

Chin is definitely not a 9 he was floored by Pajkic with a single punch who only had 4 stoppages.

Cunningham decked him with a single shot and Fury outweighed by like 50 pounds and Cunningham showed no real notable power at Heavyweight.

I'd say Fury's chin is between 6.5/7.0 with his recuperative powers being higher than that.

To put it into perspective fighters like Holmes, Ali, had pretty much double the amount of fights as Fury and were tested alot more than Fury and they suffered less than half the knockdowns that Fury has.

Ali fought over 30 ranked opponents.

Holmes fought like 17 ranked opponents.

Fury has only fought 4 ranked opponents and he's suffered like 10 knockdowns is it ? And half of them have come against unranked opposition.