There have been guys without great chins who have had successful careers...

...and it's extremely viable that Khan will be one of those guys. Is his chin great? No. But its not as bad as made out. He tooks decent shots tonight and has more ballast at 140. He may get KO'd a few times in a career, but that career will be littered with numerous title wins and in the end be highly successful on the back of his desire, speed and allround skills. A 40-5 type career, with 3-4 titles across 2/3 divisions is a sound return. I think his chin has improved since he put on the weight..but at the same time Kodelnik has a low ko %.

At this rate Wlad Klitschko will be considered a top 15-20 HW and he has a bad chin

Dear me. Hearns went up through weights and traded bombs with Hagler for 6 minutes before getting KTFO. Khan wouldn't make it out of the dressing room if he had to fight Hagler. It would be death by fear.

Good point Hearns chin was questionable and he is an alltime great. Why? Because he lost to people like Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler? or was it because he got TKO'd to a MW and Cruiserweight?

At this weight his chin clearly isnt as bad as it was when he was weight drained. Its never going to be A grade, but behind a sound defense and such speed, it will prove ro be servicable.

Good point Hearns chin was questionable and he is an alltime great. He is also one of the only men to have never been outboxed in his career, and his chin wasn't NEARLY as bad as Kahns. Kahn was down and wobbled against guys with 30% KO ratios.

Lennox too. I had Hearns in mind in this thread.

He has excellent raw skills bro. Added to that extreme speed, and we know speed kills.

Khan wasn't getting hit. Getting hit by 18% of punches is not getting hit at all. Khan won because Kotelnik kept backing up on dumb ass flurries. Khan isn't getting anywhere unless he pulls a Calzaghe and fights nobodies his whole career. Then comes across a un-retired Hatton and beats him. Then fights an old Bradley and Holt at 140.

...and it's extremely viable that Khan will be one of those guys. Is his chin great? No. But its not as bad as made out. He tooks decent shots tonight and has more ballast at 140. He may get KO'd a few times in a career, but that career will be littered with numerous title wins and in the end be highly successful on the pack of him desire, speed and allround skills. A 40-5 type career, with 3-4 titles across 2/3 divisions is a sound return. But all of those guys had both a better chin than Kahn, and better boxing skills than Kahn.