It's always been said that nigel had a great punch
but a weak chin
but I disagree watch the eubank and mcclellan fights
yeah he was dropped twice by mcclellan but wasn't
mcclellan regarded at that time as p4p the hardest
puncher in the sport
watch round 8 of that fight and tell me benn had a weak
chin
I'm not saying it was great but it was certainly solid
the weak chin stuff came from his fight with Anthony
Logan(which looked to me like a slip)
and Logan hit him with like a 20 punch flurry in the second
round and Logan was renowned at that time as a very hard puncher
to which benn responded with an awesome let hook
to me throughout his career he displayed a very solid chin
not the best but certainly not as bad as it is portrayed
As stupid as it sounds i believe Benn had one of those chins where by you could hit him around the head and he would stay on his feet and shake off the effects, but if you found the point of his chin he WOULD more often than not go down.
I believe some fighters have those type of chins. I mean if JMM could of stayed upright i believe he would of beaten Norwood and Pacquiao 2X
You could say that about any fighter though. I dont believe JMM or Trinidad,Corrales have good chins, but what they do have is lots of heart and desire and that more often than not is what not pulls them through.
Benn was not only rocked by McClellan he was KTFO by Eubank and ko'ed against Watson he was wobbled by Perez,Galvano,Barkley and dropped by De Witt and Logan.