Do you need to have a good chin to be an inside fighter?

[wazaa.]

Not exactly, Ricky Hatton was an inside fighter.......
Not the best chin in the world either

yeah thats true. Ricky never covered up well. He was a typical inside brawler.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

It helps....

[wazaa.]

As long as you can control the distance where the other guy is not effective. Keep your chin down at all times. Ask John Ruiz

With controlling distance you mean you got to stay close enough to your opponent so his pucnhes dont connect fully?

[wazaa.]

I strongly believe that you need a good chin to be any type of fighter.

And I don't box.

Floyd Patterson, Lennox Lewis, RJJ, Amir Khan...

[wazaa.]

It helps....

EPIC comment.

[TOBYLEE1]

With controlling distance you mean you got to stay close enough to your opponent so his pucnhes dont connect fully?

You angle as you are inside and push back. The punching space you make it, you don't let the other fighter dictate the space. If the other fighter is a good inside fighter, body punches is a must. Control the shoulders of the other fighter so even if he connects he will be out of balance.

It is just not getting inside and throwing punches you have to have a plan including tying up

[T-97]

Floyd Patterson, Lennox Lewis, RJJ, Amir Khan...

Lewis took some of Vitali Klitschko's best shots and stayed up, and Jones took some clean shots off John Ruiz and wasn't effected at all - so I wouldn't say either had bad chins.

On topic - Yeah, pretty much. Even if you have good head movement so you can avoid shots on your way in - as an inside fighter you are going to get hit on the way in eventually, so you need to be able to take the punches. As for Hatton, he had a decent chin. He's taken some good shots over his time, but his chin isn't so good now, probably thanks to it.

[AllEyesOpen]

Solid Chin, good D and head movement.

[Ivansmamma]

The thing is when you get inside you want to let your hands go to get the other guy covering up and also you need to even up the score for what you probably took while getting in. If your gonna let your hands go you better have a good chin or the reflexes of prime Roy. I would say that an inside fighter needs to have confidence in his chin and be willing to take some hits to do what he does.

[Pugilistic™]

I think thats pretty obvious to be honest.

An inside is more likely to get hit than any other style. If he hasn't got a chin to back up his inside fighting, he's getting stopped.