Comments Thread For: Amir Khan: I Proved Beyond a Doubt That I Have a Chin!

[mani1]

Yeah, I agree with this. He will never have a good chin. Maidana wasn't actually able to land any really hard flush shots. Not any KO shots, but Khan showed that he has great heart and determination which will get him through a lot of situations.

However, he is one of those fighters that when he gets hit with a clean, flush shot he will get the wobbles bad and it could always end from there. You don't have to hit him hard, just clean and it will always be a problem.

Who cares though? His vulnerability does one thing for us, the fans; it creates great, exciting, nail biting fights like he just had with Maidana where he will winning then get cracked and go all wobbly. It's FOTY **** written all over his career because of his determination. Kind of like Terry Norris. Lucky for Khan though there is no one as good as Julian Jackson, Simon Brown, etc he has to fight.

Imagine if he had a better chin and defence.

[BennyST]

He took more than a hundred clean shots from the hardest puncher in the division and people are still arguing about whether or not he has a chin? Anyone who still thinks he doesn't have a chin is either blind or just plain delusional.

Maybe you missed the fact that Maidana didn't actually land very many clean, hard shots at all. The ones he did land were wide, looping, tired shots that would land at angles and not cleanly or little uppercuts that do damage, like bust his nose up, but not actually hurt bad.

[SOPH~ REP.]

If that punch happens early kahn would be out cold

[BennyST]

Imagine if he had a better chin and defence.

It's funny but guys like that in the 80s/90s era of great 147, 154 and 160 fighters like the big ****ers were better boxers than many of the 'boxers' today! Jackson was a very counter puncher for instance and had some very sneaky shots and a good jab when he used it properly.

I agree though, he would have been a monster with better defence and a sturdy chin. Then again, Tommy Hearns would have been the greatest fighter of all time without doubt with Williams-like stamina and a Margarito-like chin.

He was brutal enough as it was. I suppose that's what made those guys who they were though and changing them would have been wrong. Not as much excitement in Jackson's fights of him going down and being wobbled then coming back and ending the fight with one huge punch!

[joeyg512]

Khan's chin is good but not great. His Rubber legs will show up again and his chin is definably his biggest weakness.

Just what I was thinking, he will get rocked again. But he did show he has heart.

[Praxy]

I dont think his chin is that hard, but he knows how to handle a groggy body though, that i got to give it to him

[simonsez02]

Khan's chin is good but not great. His Rubber legs will show up again and his chin is definably his biggest weakness.

I agree. Khan's chin is still questionable. And LOL to that rubber legs...He's becoming Mr. Fantastic when his chin gets hit. Good win by khan though

[BetterCallSaul]

Khan still has a weak chin, but people are acting as if Maidana didn't land a meaningful shot until the 10th round, which was not the case. Khan was hit by a couple of right hands in the first round which would have buckled him before his move to 140. He was hit by a huge right hand when he was against the ropes in the 3rd, and was hit by more big shots in the 6th and 7th. It wasn't until the 10th when Khan was tired and had switched off that he was finally hurt. Even then he managed to survive several more fight ending shots and ride out the storm.

Amir's chin and punch resistance has definitely improved. It's not great but it is at the least semi-decent.

[LeadUppercut]

Khan still has a weak chin, but people are acting as if Maidana didn't land a meaningful shot until the 10th round, which was not the case. Khan was hit by a couple of right hands in the first round which would have buckled him before his move to 140. He was hit by a huge right hand when he was against the ropes in the 3rd, and was hit by more big shots in the 6th and 7th. It wasn't until the 10th when Khan was tired and had switched off that he was finally hurt. Even then he managed to survive several more fight ending shots and ride out the storm.

Amir's chin and punch resistance has definitely improved. It's not great but it is at the least semi-decent.

Technically, I don't agree with you, but this is one of the more accurate assessments that I have seen.

Khan does not have a weak chin, that myth has been de-bunked.

Who the hell was he in with? Mary Poppins?

Khan's chin is "decent", because he fought one of the best P4P punchers in the sport, he got asked the question, he finished the fight without being knocked down, and he won.

After all..... " Khan was hit by a couple of right hands in the first round which would have buckled him before his move to 140. He was hit by a huge right hand when he was against the ropes in the 3rd, and was hit by more big shots in the 6th and 7th.

It wasn't until the 10th when Khan was tired and had switched off that he was finally hurt. Even then he managed to survive several more fight ending shots and ride out the storm. "

Khan's chin...... PASSED !

[twinchrome44s]

What fight was Roach watching? He needs to watch the tape. Kahn got knocked out on his feet twice in the fight. Good heart staying up but any other boxer puncher will ko him avoid Prescott, Martinez, Williams if he decides to go up and even Margarito at 147 at all costs.