Originally posted by Slipx
See, what everyone fails to realize, is that you can't train your chin. Sure, you have guys like Ross who go on for hours about how training your neck helps you to absorb a punch. Lemme straight up just let you know something..you can't train your chin. Take a good look at Wladimir's cranium in the first picture. The top is much wider than the bottom. When you have a pointy chin like that, when you get punched on the chin,the cranium swivels much more effectively than say if you were to hit a person with a more square chin. It's simple physics.
The blunt impact from a punch hitting a pointy chin is different than that same punch hitting a more squareish chin. The head itself reacts differently if you watch enough pointy chinned fighters take shots then watch the squarer chinned guys take the shots. When a pointy chin gets hit, theres more centrifugal force involved than if it were a more structured, square chin. the small pointy surface is extremely tough and hard, and acts as a leverage boost.
Sure, Wlad will look real good pushing him around with the jab early on. But do you guys seriously believe that when Peter does connect (and, he WILL connect....Wlad moves straight back instinctually when he is in danger...which basically is subliminally giving peter instructions to overthrow the left hook 2 feet in front of the normal target..trust me, wlad is going to be completely embarassed, and emmanuel steward is going to tell himself, 'why can't I have another guy like Hearns walk into my gym'
The blunt impact from a punch hitting a pointy chin is different than that same punch hitting a more squareish chin. The head itself reacts differently if you watch enough pointy chinned fighters take shots then watch the squarer chinned guys take the shots. When a pointy chin gets hit, theres more centrifugal force involved than if it were a more structured, square chin. the small pointy surface is extremely tough and hard, and acts as a leverage boost.
Sure, Wlad will look real good pushing him around with the jab early on. But do you guys seriously believe that when Peter does connect (and, he WILL connect....Wlad moves straight back instinctually when he is in danger...which basically is subliminally giving peter instructions to overthrow the left hook 2 feet in front of the normal target..trust me, wlad is going to be completely embarassed, and emmanuel steward is going to tell himself, 'why can't I have another guy like Hearns walk into my gym'
Wlad is the Olympic Champion. He has achieved a lot even with a pointy chin.
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