Does going up in weight improve your chin?

[Homervanderjazz]

There is talk of A khan going up in weight and how this may improve his chin, so my question is- can this happen for a fighter? Are there any examples of where this has worked?

Hearns never really seemed to improve his chin going up in weight from what I remember.

[Hougigo]

Maybe in the way that you're not draining yourself to make weight... but there are probably bigger punchers in the weight class above

[RiC-DiC]

^ what hougogi said.

I don't think it directly improves your chin, but if going up in weight means you're not dehydrating yourself, than you'll take punches better.

[LacedUp]

Maybe in the way that you're not draining yourself to make weight... but there are probably bigger punchers in the weight class above

^ what hougogi said.

I don't think it directly improves your chin, but if going up in weight means you're not dehydrating yourself, than you'll take punches better.

What they said ^^

[Earl-Hickey]

I think Hayes chin got better at Heavyweight

he has been "down" unfficialy against ruiz and barett but i think they were slips more than anything else, but at CW he was getting splattered by Llenga Mock, now he took flush rights off Wlad

[US Dirk Killer]

Maybe in the way that you're not draining yourself to make weight... but there are probably bigger punchers in the weight class above

^ what hougogi said.

I don't think it directly improves your chin, but if going up in weight means you're not dehydrating yourself, than you'll take punches better.

What they said ^^

What They Said ^^^^^

[Money_May]

I lol'd at Hougogi

[T-97]

It will help if the fighter has had trouble making the weight.

Hearns didn't have a bad chin though, I think that's a totally overblown myth. He got stopped more due to tiredness than a weak chin, imo. Ray Leonard didn't take him out until the 14th round, Hagler was a strong, hard punching guy who took him out in an all out war. Barkley... well, sometimes you just get caught with a big shot. I don't think his chin was bad at all.

Khan, the example you used, has already improved his chin by moving up. Although he seems to be getting wobbled by every taxi-driver he encounters these days, when he first moved up to 140 his chin was much better, imo. When he was at lightweight he got dropped hard by guys like Michael Gomez and Willie Limond, then he moves up to 140 and manages to survive an onslaught for Maidana. I think he drained himself to get to LW and weakened himself as a result, it could be that he has not outgrown 140 and needs to move up to 147.

His chin still won't be good though, he just won't be doing a chicken dance every time a strong gust of wind blows on his chin.

[boliodogs]

If a fighter is fighting at a weight that is way too light then moving up to a natural weight would probably improve their ability take head punches.Fighters make very low weights be drying out. Less fluids taken in means less fluids to cushion the brain from hard blows or so I have heard. In Khan's case I think he just has a weak chin no matter what weight class he fights in. As he goes up in weight he has to fight heavier harder punching guys so the chances of him being KOed increase.

[LacedUp]

I think Hayes chin got better at Heavyweight

he has been "down" unfficialy against ruiz and barett but i think they were slips more than anything else, but at CW he was getting splattered by Llenga Mock, now he took flush rights off Wlad

I don't think he was down vs Ruiz. I know some people say that, but I don't buy it. I'm not entirely sure on this one though, he's just way more cautious as a heavyweight than as a CW. As a cruiser, he wasn't afraid to get into a war. Generally ,he was the biggest guy 9/10 times and he was the hardest puncher as well. At heavy he's more cautious.

But you could see he had been working on his traps before the Wlad fight. They were huge. That normally helps your body absorb blows a bit better. But he didn't take too many clean shots vs Wlad, and if he did he would have gone down.

One thing about Haye though, he's never really been knocked down clean. Lolenga mock is probably the cleanest KD he's taken,