would you rather have a granite chin or 1 punch knockout power?

[Poet682006]

those featherfisted granite chin wont have successful boxing career!

Ever heard of Jake LaMotta?

[DeadLikeMe]

Ever heard of Jake LaMotta?

How is he still alive? The Hustler cameo was 53 years ago! Not even the reaper can shatter his beard.

[CubanGuyNYC]

How is he still alive? The Hustler cameo was 53 years ago! Not even the reaper can shatter his beard.

LaMotta was in "The Hustler"? Shit, I don't remember that.

[SlySlickSmooth]

LaMotta was in "The Hustler"? Shit, I don't remember that.

Jake LaMotta could beat Amir Khan, look at his refined skill after all the years!

[CubanGuyNYC]

Jake LaMotta could beat Amir Khan, look at his refined skill after all the years!

A lot of double and triple-uppercuts. Great footwork, too.

[Pain~Lucy]

Ever heard of Jake LaMotta?

not a featherfisted man

[SN!PER]

Jake LaMotta could beat Amir Khan, look at his refined skill after all the years!

Still got it

[Poet682006]

not a featherfisted man

His contemporaries would beg to differ. His reputation when he was an active fighter was that "he couldn't bust an egg with a hammer". He was a swarming volume puncher who wore his opponents down by accumulation.

[Poet682006]

How is he still alive? The Hustler cameo was 53 years ago! Not even the reaper can shatter his beard.

I don't know what he's been drinking but I want some.

[Unknown Champ]

No it's not, having a physical frailty like a fragile chin or hands etc can be detrimental to your career and no matter by how much you're winning, you can still be stopped at any moment, even by guys who hit at average power.

Having a granite chin, allows you to fall back on your natural ability to take a shot and keep coming, allowing you to concentrate on other things in the ring.

Look how Lewis and Wlad had to change their styles to suit their very fragile chins, they both became boring robots, too afraid to use their extensive power. Khan now, seems to be concentrating so much on protecting his chin, he has lost the edge which made him so god in years gone by, he looked terrible against Diaz and looked laboured against Molina, who is/was a lightweight.

So yeah, I'd rather be an extremely skilled fighter, quick, smart, with feather fists and a great chin than a huge hitting guy who gets stopped all the time if he's not too careful.

Heck I haven't even used examples of guys like Hearns or Tyson who could hit as hard as any boxer in history but also had troublesome punch resistance, not fragile chins but pretty close. If I'm not mistaken, every fight Tyson lost was via stoppage.

Red K. Tyson had a iron jaw. That should be common knowledge. You had to beat the breaks off him to stop him. Hearns on the other hand......but even he was more durable then a Khan or my all time favorite glass jaw champ in Andrew 6 heads Lewis. Get ya game up playa before you talk that talk.