I've sparred six times and have been caught a few times but nothing that felt like full intensity and I've never competed. I was wondering is the average person chinny? I mean to the people with experience in the gym environment, have you seen a lot of guys realize they have glass jaws?
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No.
I trained in a gym full of Mexicans. They all eat shots for breakfast and keep going forward.
What I have seen, typically common, is people who take shots and freak out/ freeze up/ panic. That seems more common than just flat out being glass jawed. -
I don't really think anyone is simply born "chinny" or "glass jawed". I think it's a combination of:
1. Poor defense (Amir Khan is always called "chinny" but the truth is he focuses too much on throwing perfect combinations and neglects his defense. The punches that have knocked him out have been bombs he never saw coming, which makes "chin" a moot point.
2. Subconsciously worrying about getting hurt (if you're worried about taking damage you can have the best "chin" on the planet and your body will still instinctively curl up and go down from a hard punch. I think this is by far the most common in the gym & the same thing Flicker said.
3. In older fighters, accumulated damage to the inner ear will cause them to easily lose their sense of up/down during impacts, but you can tell these guys are "punchy" before even seeing them fight.Comment
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I wish I hadn't read that 2nd one. Haven't been hit with a bomb yet, but I always stay cognizant of it because my head movement and defense isn't good yet.Comment
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