Why do people think Marciano had such a great chin?

**deuce_drop** · 09-09-2010, 05:10 AM

i think it is associated with the fact that he was undefeated, got up from knock downs to win, and most of those fight where he picked himself off the floor to win, they were by knockout or technical knockout.

whether you get knocked down or not isnt the real question of a chin, its how you handle it and how you respond to getting hit after the knockdown.

and or having been knocked out, how does a fighter handle it for the rest of his career?

some fighters who are known to have some of what i think are the better chins have been knocked down before in their fights, two come to mind, hopkins and aaron pryor.

hopkins been dropped twice in his career and that was in the same fight at an altitude of 10,000 feet or more. young in his career, he got a draw in that fight, and stopped old boy in the immediate rematch.

aaron pryor went down quite often in his fights. the only thing was it seemed to get him more amped up and he fought harder, and same with marciano, he would more than likely ko or tko them, and usually beating the ever living piss out of them.

so i would attribute that to having a great chin, getting up and winning, handling the punches that you get hit with afterwards, and it's a lock if you get the ko or tko for the win............

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**ghost deini** · 09-09-2010, 05:50 AM

speaking of getting back up from knockdowns and winning

Felix Trinidad comes to mind also

**KMFO** · 09-09-2010, 11:13 AM

Also take into account..

The amount of punches Marciano TOOK has something to do with it too...

**DET. IRONSIDE** · 09-09-2010, 11:29 AM

Cos he had a great chin.

Why do people think Marciano had such a great chin?