Can one have a glass chin and be a champion?

[Bobby Shaw]

Khan drops down to every shot he gets.Every fighter will have to suck in some good shots before they win.

Realistically can anyone have a glass chin and still be a champion or once you have a glass chin concentrate on fighting for commonwealth titles?

[Jimmy Dean]

Terry Norris

[mojack]

No, I wouldn't say so, doesn't matter how good your defence is you're in a fight and you will get hit. If you've got a very bad chin it's game over.

[Nacho_Analstain]

Wladimir Klitschko
David Haye
Thomas Hearns
Miguel Cotto (Seems to have gotten better at 147)
Michael Katsidis
Roy Jones Jr

[Dambala]

Wlad and Haye are not exactly iron chinned.

[Nacho_Analstain]

Wlad and Haye are not exactly iron chinned.

Wlad is just as bad as Khan, The wind from Sanders punches knocked him down.

[LEFTYGUNZZ]

Khan drops down to every shot he gets.Every fighter will have to suck in some good shots before they win.

Realistically can anyone have a glass chin and still be a champion or once you have a glass chin concentrate on fighting for commonwealth titles?

Sure just look at Wlad......Lefty

[TheGreatA]

Julian Jackson was a 2-division champion for 6 years. Not a great chin by any means but he made up for it with his great punch.

Terry Norris is another very good example.

[Pugilistic™]

Wlad is a good example that having a bad chin isn't enough to stop you being a champ.

He changed his style after being stopped for example clinching on the inside and always use the 1-2 to suit his bad chin and look where it has got him, he's the best heavyweight in the world.

If fighters can make these sort of adjustments they can be successful.

[AndyShitHot]

Yeah Wlad's chin isn't much better than Khan's but cos he's a massive HW and very defensive, he's a lot harder to hit cleanly. I can see both Khan and Wlad getting ko'd again in the not so distant future.