How important is a chin?

[VG_Addict]

How important is it to be able to take a punch? Obviously, there have been successful fighters with weak chins, like Hearns and Wlad.

[LacedUp]

Not as important as a good defense.

[Larry the boss]

Very important,this is a hurt business and you are going to get chin checked in boxing. Why do people say Hearns had a bad chin?

[John Locke]

Very important, arguably the most essential thing you need in this sport.

[soul_survivor]

How important is it to be able to take a punch? Obviously, there have been successful fighters with weak chins, like Hearns and Wlad.

Sometimes it makes all the difference, look at Khan/Garcia as a fine example, Khan dominating till ****, he gets hooked and dropped, multiple times.

A great chin, like that of Alis, can get you through a fight against a hard hitter even if your not at your best physically, see Ali/Shavers.

[Nights King]

This is likely to happen




Chin of Kirkland

[John Locke]

Not as important as a good defense.

It's definitely more important than a good defence.

No matter how good your defence is, you can always get caught with something and if you're hiding a weak chin behind your defence, it can let you down.

If you have a strong chin, you can get away with making defensive errors.

[New England]

How important is it to be able to take a punch? Obviously, there have been successful fighters with weak chins, like Hearns and Wlad.

hearns did not have a weak chin. that's just a myth.


his chin wasn't as great as his power or boxing ability, but it wasn't weak.





chin may very well be the most important natural attribute in a boxer.

[New England]

Very important,this is a hurt business and you are going to get chin checked in boxing. Why do people say Hearns had a bad chin?

because they've never seen him fight.

[Divine Hammer]

it's important if your defense sucks.