Worse Chin: RJJ or Lennox Lewis?

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  1. BobDigi5060

    BobDigi5060 East Side MMA Full Member

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  2. Jens S

    Jens S Member Full Member

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    Neither had glass chins.

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  3. Drexl

    Drexl Your Hero Full Member

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    You didn't know it because it isn't true.


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  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Neither has a glass chin.

    Of the two, I would suggest that Jones' had the better chin though.
     
  5. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    Spot on, you know I'd agree to that one.:yep

    And Lewis did have a glass chin, it was just a little harder than most glass and was blown of the highest quality... but shattered against two mediocre hitters.

    Jones' chin must have degraded over time, which the punch resistance does slip with age, because he did take some very good shots when he was at his peak, then again, that Tarver shot was just wicked, even though a prime RJJ gets put down but gets back up to finish Tarver off later on if that were the case.
     
  6. McGrain

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    On an instinctive level i just know it's not possible to be a dominant heavyweight champ AND have a glass chin. It's obvious.

    On a more natural level i've seen him get hit hard by big heavyweights and not go down.

    Two things - i never saw Jones get hit where he wasn't rolling with the punch until he got spark. He was that quick.

    Second, weight drain does affect punch resistance as well as stamina. Why that would be I really don't understand but it is easier to bowl over a drained fighter (especially one who's been ditching muscle) than one who isn't, with one shot.
     
  7. McGrain

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    On and on it goes.
     
  8. Drofrah

    Drofrah Active Member Full Member

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    Niether has a really bad chin, if i had to say one who was worse, id say RJJ is more likely to go down, as Lewis did take some good shots well in his time
     
  9. HopkinsFan

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    I agree neither of the two have an awfully bad chin but if i was forced to choose, Roy Jones has the worse chin.
     
  10. barneyrub

    barneyrub Well-Known Member Full Member

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    From judo throws. I dont think that counts concerning chin lol.
     
  11. ozziebattler

    ozziebattler Shadow Boxer Full Member

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    Neither had glass chins..

    Ridiculous topic...

    So tyson has glass chin because all his losses were via stoppage???

    What about gatti?got stocked several times..

    Oh i forgot ray mercer,he got stopped a few times..

    Stupid topic...
     
  12. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    Neither had glass chins. Lewis took flush punches from Morrison, Bruno, Klitschko, Tua, Briggs, Grant, Holyfield, Tyson (past it but still had power) and others.

    Jones although he was very hard to hit, did take same hard shots from Toney and Hopkins and nothing happened.

    Note that Jones didn't get KO'd untill he was 35. The Lewis-McCall fight was stopped early (though i think McCall would've beaten him anyway) and the Rahman fight was also when Lewis was 35.
    To remind you, by the age of 35, Dempsey was retired, Tyson was ****, Foreman was retired for the first time, Holmes lost to a light heavy, Ali was losing to 6-0 Leon Spinks, Marciano was retired, Jeffries was retired, Liston was past his best and Frazier was retired.
     
  13. barneyrub

    barneyrub Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Watch Lewis take flush shots from Tua, Klitschko, Bruno, Holyfield, Briggs, Tyson, Mason, Tucker, Mercer, Grant, Rahman, Morrison, Mavrovic and stay standing, if this is glass its the bullet proof, rocket proof variety.

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  14. Gunnar

    Gunnar Pre-Amateur Full Member

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    Jones chin is worse.
     
  15. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    Neither have a glass chin. They were both caught right on the button and KO'd, this didn't only happen to them so those "glass chin" comments are stupid.