Peoples thoughts on improving glass chins

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You know the saying, you can't put muscles on your chin.

Does everyone agree with this, if not what can be done to improve on your ability to take punches. Obviously you can't turn a glass jaw into a granite jaw or everyone would be doing it.

But can anything be done to just improve the resistance a little?

I have some opinions on this but want to hear everyone elses first.

Can anyone come up with examples of fighters with so called weak chins early in their careers, then the punch resistance seemingly getting better later in their careers.

[Ryn0]

You CAN turn a good chin into a great chin, you cannot turn a glass chin into a good one. Unless it's to do with making weight.

[Silencers]

Cotto had a pretty bad chin at 140, got better when he moved up to 147 when he wasn't draining himself to make weight.

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So we've got weight draining and moving up and stopping draining yourself can mae a big difference.

Anything else?

[Ryn0]

You CAN turn a good chin into a great chin, you cannot turn a glass chin into a good one. Unless it's to do with making weight.

As fighter gain more experience they learn to take punches the right way by rolling with them or moving there head a little so that punches graze but it is very hard to turn a glass chin into a good chin. A good example is Hopkins who was dropped twice by Mercado and almost stopped in his first title fight and a few fights later managing to survive punchers like Roy Jones, Taylor, Trinidad etc. He turned a good chin into a great one, it also helps that it was damn hard to hit Hopkins flush.

[Pugilistic™]

As fighter gain more experience they learn to take punches the right way by rolling with them or moving there head a little so that punches graze but it is very hard to turn a glass chin into a good chin. A good example is Hopkins who was dropped twice by Mercado and almost stopped in his first title fight and a few fights later managing to survive punchers like Roy Jones, Taylor, Trinidad etc. He turned a good chin into a great one, it also helps that it was damn hard to hit Hopkins flush.

What fight was that ?

[-CANE-]

As fighter gain more experience they learn to take punches the right way by rolling with them or moving there head a little so that punches graze but it is very hard to turn a glass chin into a good chin. A good example is Hopkins who was dropped twice by Mercado and almost stopped in his first title fight and a few fights later managing to survive punchers like Roy Jones, Taylor, Trinidad etc. He turned a good chin into a great one, it also helps that it was damn hard to hit Hopkins flush.

That's good but I'm still looking for more opinions and other ideas on this.

[Ryn0]

What fight was that ?

He was dropped twice by Mercado and was the closest Hopkins has ever come to being stopped ever. He was dropped in both the 5th and 7th rounds and pulled a draw out. Considering the fight was in Ecuador the ref could have stopped in there an then and there wouldn't have been any complaint.

[Pugilistic™]

He was dropped twice by Mercado and was the closest Hopkins has ever come to being stopped ever. He was dropped in both the 5th and 7th rounds and pulled a draw out. Considering the fight was in Ecuador the ref could have stopped in there an then and there wouldn't have been any complaint.

That wasn't his first title fight.

He faced Roy Jones before Mercado for the ibf title. He fought Mercado for the Ibf title that Jones vacated.

he also said that him being put down was more due to the heat in ecuador.

[Ryn0]

That wasn't his first title fight.

He faced Roy Jones before Mercado for the ibf title. He fought Mercado for the Ibf title that Jones vacated.

he also said that him being put down was more due to the heat in ecuador.

Ah ofcourse, sorry but it does show that Hopkins being dropped twice by a light puncher in Mercado who lost 10 fights is a drastic improvement from the Hopkins that can't be stopped.