Worse Chin: RJJ or Lennox Lewis?

Both were the victim of 2 1-punch KO's/TKO's, with each man being counted out once and having the referee stop the fight once.

RJJ's resume -
************ TKO'd in 2 by Tarver
************ KT

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O in 9 by Johnson

Lewis' resume -
************ TKO'd in 2 by McCall
************ KO'd in 5 by Rahman


Each fighter has made concessions to allow for their non-granite mandibles: Lewis adopted the 'jab-and-grab' fighting strategy taught to him by Manny Steward, and RJJ went so far as to claim a moral victory that in his 3rd fight with Tarver (a fight which RJJ lost), he was not knocked out.

But now it's chin -vs- chin, and you the fan has to decide for him- or herself: Whose chin is worse, RJJ's or LL's? Please vote in the poll as well as provide your written answer here.

 

It's funny, it seems as though Lewis was more likely to get 'stung' (Bruno, Briggs, Mercer, Klitschko, ...) than was RJJ (only knocked down once before Tarver and GJ, I believe, and I don't think he was even hurt).

But at the same time, if you did catch RJJ, it was all over.

So it's like Lewis was more suceptible to getting hurt, but he also had the ability to come back from getting hurt better, or something. RJJ didn't get hurt as much, but when he did get hurt, it was over.

Advantage: Lewis? (even though he got hurt more frequently)

 

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Ruiz and Williams? I don't know how I didn't know that.

Wow, that's sobering. It has to be Lewis, then.

Thanks for that info, Y.O.S.

 

No doubt, LL is by far better at recovering from a punch than RJJ, who has shown exactly zero ability to do the same. You have to give LL credit for that.

 

What hatorade? RJJ never really took a shot until he got in with Tarver, so I can't blame him for not being good at recovering from a shot like Lewis could.

As chinny as Lennox was, he did get wobbled on many an occasion, and still was only stopped twice. RJJ only got hurt twice that I remember, and both times, as soon as he got hurt the fight was over.

Unless you think Montell Griffin hurt him in their first fight, but I don't remember that. When Telesco (was it Telesco or Del Valle?) put RJJ on his butt, that wasn't jack, as far as I remember.

So Lewis has to have the edge in 'recovering from being hurt,' while RJJ has the edge in 'not getting hurt,' IMO.

 

Couple things from the first video:

1. Nobody - NOBODY - I can remember at heavyweight was as good at holding and hitting as Lewis. He isn't quite at Hopkins' level, but he's up there. He got away with that as much as anyone (particularly of championship material) I can recall at the higher weights. Part of why he was probably so good at it was because of his size. For example, it would have been a lot harder for Mike Tyson to hold and hit when he has to reach over his head to do so.

2. Tony "TNT" Tucker was a hard man, and a good fighter. Went the distance with both Tyson (prime) and Lewis. That guy was a rock, and probably would be a lot more well-known if not for Tyson.

Ok, thanks Dekkers! I actually have to get back to work now. Real work.