Usyk's Chin?

Going 24 rounds with Joshua is enough to prove his chin is okay.

 

Iron.

Usyk has taken punches from Joshua and Gassiev in the pros, Joyce in the semi-pros, and Majidov in the amateurs. Wilder is not that big of a step up in power, if at all.

Usyk will win handily.

The most damage ever done to him was a body shot by Beterbiev in the amateurs.

 

Usyk might very well have the best chin at heavyweight, maybe Joyce is the only one that is comparable. He doesn't get hit much, due to his defensive skills but when he does take a huge shot he takes it well.

I don't think even Wilder could keep him down, hell Wilder might not be even able to drop him. If they ever fight Usyk dismantles him and stops him. Wilder won't win a round.

 

Usyk's chin isn't a concern. Body shots are the only thing that have bothered him much in the past, and Wilder ain't known for body shots.

 

I think Usyk has a decent to good chin, but it isn't good enough to withstand Wilders power. He should be able to outbox Wilder and avoid getting nailed but it will be a tight rope act, one slip and he'd get laid out.

 

Usyk is rather good at avoiding big punishment, so how hard his chin for the heavyweight is under question, but is decently tested on cruiser. So good enough, but can't say it's so amazing so far.

 

very good chin would like to see him vs wilders right hand to be honest.

 

Usyk has an amazing chin by the looks of it.
But Wilder's power just seems like a ridiculous outlier at this point, and shady.
So I would not be confident of Usyk taking a flush bomb on the chin or temple from Wilder.
I always thought this was a dangerous fight because although Usyk is far better, Wilder can probably stick around quite a while and that gives him a chance to land the big one. He's also faster and rangier than a lot of the big punchers Usyk has fought.
I think this matchup is similar to the Fury Wilder one and Usyk could have the same problems Fury had, dominating but always being a moment away from being floored.

 

I've never thought Fury had a great chin either, his recovery powers on the other hand are top notch.

 

Guys, chin and recovery goes hand to hand, there's no way for a scenerio where you can't take a punch, but you recover well - makes no sense. While takin a hard punch, but recover enough from, so to continue a fight means that your "chin" (while all this time we talk mainly about the brain and the vestibular system). And fighting cruisers isn't the same as fighting heavies. A knockdown means nothing when you're undefeated, not too hard to realize that.