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Guys like Hearns get praised like crazy...
Corrales has shown that if you have a weak chin...well then suck it up, accept it, deal with it, and just try to win your fights...
Wlad has mentioned his chin in interviews, has accepted it, and last night as expected went down, but got up to win...
Cotto, gets hit a few, staggered a few, down on the canvas, gets up, staggered a few more, but keeps composure and does what he has to do to make sure he wins the fight...
It is like people hold it against the boxer as if they are a horrible human being or didn't train enough to have a questionable chin...
If you don't have power, it is how you use your other tools to outbox or outwork a fighter you cannot knock out...
If you don't have speed, it is how you use your jab and basic boxing tools to beat a fighter you cannot match in speed...
If you don't have a good chin, it is how you get off the canvas and regain composure when needed to win vs someone who can hit...
It is like a disabled man or woman doing things you would have never thought possible for themselves despite their "disadvantage". There was a girl in my old history class in college with no hands, just stubs. She was in that class taking more notes than some of the slackers in there sleeping and doodling. She found a way and trained herself to hold the pencil with her stubs and write.
You may not get the analogy, but she cannot grow hands back. Wlad, Corrales, nor Cotto can grow a stronger chin. She had to accept her disablity and find another way around it. Wlad, Cotto, and Corrales have accepted theirs and find ways to win the fights.
Corrales has shown that if you have a weak chin...well then suck it up, accept it, deal with it, and just try to win your fights...
Wlad has mentioned his chin in interviews, has accepted it, and last night as expected went down, but got up to win...
Cotto, gets hit a few, staggered a few, down on the canvas, gets up, staggered a few more, but keeps composure and does what he has to do to make sure he wins the fight...
It is like people hold it against the boxer as if they are a horrible human being or didn't train enough to have a questionable chin...
If you don't have power, it is how you use your other tools to outbox or outwork a fighter you cannot knock out...
If you don't have speed, it is how you use your jab and basic boxing tools to beat a fighter you cannot match in speed...
If you don't have a good chin, it is how you get off the canvas and regain composure when needed to win vs someone who can hit...
It is like a disabled man or woman doing things you would have never thought possible for themselves despite their "disadvantage". There was a girl in my old history class in college with no hands, just stubs. She was in that class taking more notes than some of the slackers in there sleeping and doodling. She found a way and trained herself to hold the pencil with her stubs and write.
You may not get the analogy, but she cannot grow hands back. Wlad, Corrales, nor Cotto can grow a stronger chin. She had to accept her disablity and find another way around it. Wlad, Cotto, and Corrales have accepted theirs and find ways to win the fights.
to your mom..
...I'm the greatest of all haters.
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