Is Wladimirs chin Underrated ?

[small_warrior]

Wladimir has 3 Knock out losses. The first one against ross purity was more a stamina issue so was the loss against brewster ( even if brewster caught him with clean shots, klitschko gassed already out before). The only time he was realy knock out on clean punches was against corrie sanders, who is dangerous for all the heavy weights because of his big punching power and is hand speed.

He also got knocked down 3 times by samuel peter, who is too a huge puncher, so even a guy with a good chin can be knock down by peter(an peter caught him behin the had once or twice).

so sure wlads chin isn't good, but can it be that his chin is underated ?

[daleneagle]

I think you hit it right on the button. He gassed twice, got knocked the fck out by a guy that he didn't give any respect to, and got knocked down a couple of times against dirty shots by Sam.

His chin is fine. It might not be the best but it sure as hell isn't glass. I think a lot of people think this because of the way he use to flinch so bad when a punch came within 5 inches of his face. With Steward as his trainer, he's started to block more shots instead of backing away from them. The only way Wlad loses will be if he gasses. If Sam couldn't knock him out, no one else will. Not even Sanders.

[duffgun]

I dont know he was hurt by a brewster jab

[Randall_Hopkirk]

The problem with Wlad is that he panics when he's caught flush and has a hard time regaining his composure. The notion of him possessing a 'glass' chin is grossly exaggerated though.

[lennon]

Wladimir has 3 Knock out losses. The first one against ross purity was more a stamina issue so was the loss against brewster ( even if brewster caught him with clean shots, klitschko gassed already out before). The only time he was realy knock out on clean punches was against corrie sanders, who is dangerous for all the heavy weights because of his big punching power and is hand speed.

He also got knocked down 3 times by samuel peter, who is too a huge puncher, so even a guy with a good chin can be knock down by peter(an peter caught him behin the had once or twice).

so sure wlads chin isn't good, but can it be that his chin is underated ?

No. The puritty loss was from a big uppercut that made him wobbly in his traditional fashion and caused him to rell around on his rubber legs, stamina is a great excuse. The Nevada doctors said that wlad looked fine just before he got stopped, when he was putting brewster down. He got caught with 2 clean left hooks and his legs left the building, he was out on his feet rather like how bruno would often go.
He actually was out from the first sanders knockdown, the ref gave him 14 seconds by way of trying to help him since it was in germany! He went back down without another significant punch landing.
In the Peter fight, none of the knockdowns were from clean punches, rather than credit him for getting up id question why he went down, it seemed like a passing brush of air from a missed punch scared him into collapse, he was never caught big.

[BROOKLYN CESAR]

Wladimir has 3 Knock out losses. The first one against ross purity was more a stamina issue so was the loss against brewster ( even if brewster caught him with clean shots, klitschko gassed already out before). The only time he was realy knock out on clean punches was against corrie sanders, who is dangerous for all the heavy weights because of his big punching power and is hand speed.

He also got knocked down 3 times by samuel peter, who is too a huge puncher, so even a guy with a good chin can be knock down by peter(an peter caught him behin the had once or twice).

so sure wlads chin isn't good, but can it be that his chin is underated ?

He has been down a few times but like you said he gassed most of the time!!!! He has a good chin IMO!!!

[eazy_mas]

its easier to KO a person who is tired then he is fresh.

and punchs that you dont see them coming are going to KO that is why counter punches look harder e****ally when a person is open and abit off balance then when he is in his blocking stance

[Zerwas1]

Against Peter he wasn't exhausted and went down 3 times.
2 of them were shots to the back of the head and Peter is a hard puncher, he got up from everyone but his chin is at best decent

[OptimusWolf]

It is underrated in the sense that he's not got a complete glass jaw in comparison to the average journeyman HW.

BUT, for a top heavyweight and a potential world champion, he has a weak chin. If he gets hit flush he's all over the ****ing place. Luckily for him he doesn't often get hit flush because he's pretty damn skilled and opponents are now more worried by his right hand than landing their own bombs!

[!! Mr. Soprano]

I don't think it's his Chin..
He got up what, all 10 times that he was down..

IMO it's how he reacts to getting hit. When Wlad gets tagged, he gets very panicky and discombobulated