chin strength

[TheBlackSwifty]

To put it simply, no. A KO is caused from a whiplash motion from your brain hitting the inside of your head. There is no exercise in the world that will improve the odds of avoiding this as it is an internal issue, not a muscular one. Some people actually have a stronger protective layer of fluid than others, but that is simply a biological “luck of the draw”. You could strengthen your neck muscles but even that would only protect you against only one type of whiplash, and even then the improvement would be minimal at best.

It is all about old-fashioned defense and head movement.

Ya probably right, but if ya wanna strong jaw take two packets of these bad boys

http://ingridle.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/hubba-bubba-strawberry.jpg

and chew em all at once, I do it when shadow boxing.

[TheBlackSwifty]

And if ya forget ya gumshield you can mould it around ya teeth, does the trick, really intimidates your opponent but ya need the strawberry, dont do **** if ya aint got the ´berry. and dont forget to pop out a few bubbles every now and then to distract the oppent (and then an accidental shot to the goollies.. works a wonder)

[MANGLER]

Can't learn to take a punch. A chin ain't part of the skill package that's taught to you in the gym. You either got one or you don't.

[Chayal Boded.]

I really think you guys are wrong. The kind of hits that really used to stun me when I started I can just take much easier now.

[CrysAk]

has anyone thought about actualy not taking the punch and learning to roll them off? no point resisting a punch when you can go with it.

just a thought, works on bodyshots very well

[potatoes]

Can't learn to take a punch. A chin ain't part of the skill package that's taught to you in the gym. You either got one or you don't.

Yes, that is exactly right. If you weren't born with a cast iron chin, you ain't never gonna get one. All you can do its the basics of boxing to avoid getting hit: chin down, guard up, move your head. If you are boxing inevitably one day your chin will get tested, nevertheless you ought to postpone that day as long as possible. Make yourself hard to hit then you won't have to spend a lot of time worrying about the quality of your chin.

[Stormin' Norman]

some guys go with the punch instead of against it through years of experience sparring and fighting it becomes second nature and they might appear to have a rock solid, granite chin but in truth they are making slight defensive movements (Ali) with their heads to go with the punch, instead of against it.

I do not believe you can 'train' a good chin, you got guys like Chuvalo and then guys like Klitschko, it's something you can't train

You either got one or you don't..

[Stormin' Norman]

I really think you guys are wrong. The kind of hits that really used to stun me when I started I can just take much easier now.

i think what it is, is you have become more evasive and are probably rolling with the punch instead of walking into it, which must have been how it happened in 'the beginning'

[TheBlackSwifty]

I really think you guys are wrong. The kind of hits that really used to stun me when I started I can just take much easier now.

I gree. You get used to being hit, learn strategies for coping, if you konow what its like ya dont suffer from it as much. Ever get that feeling of dejavu after getting hit, or weakness in ya knees, yeah well ya can get accustomed to that, learn to hold a bit longer not move ya legs much until ya recover.
Good thing about boxing is that ya learn how to take a punch.

If ya get hit in a sweet spot, tip of chin, above the ear for example sure ya can go lights out for a while no matter who ya are. But ya can train ya self recovery tactics, getting up slowly if ya knocked down, not straight away while ya legs are jelly, when a boxer does that he feel right in the head but legs are not there, refs stop the fight. Its happened to me b4.

So some people might be genetically able to take a hit better, but its also somethin ya can train for

[DempseyMarciano]

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Being able to absorb a punch or punches, is all in the mind. Jake LaMotta was often quoted as saying, "That before I ever stepped in the ring, I made up my mind that no matter the outcome of the fight, nobody will ever hurt me." Nobody ever did. Including Ray Robinson. It depends how much "Refusal to Yield" a fighter has in him or her. Conditioning plays a big part to.