Would Canelo and GGG "iron chins" hold up to 4 oz gloves power shots?

[Melas Chasma]

I think so, i have never seen a chin like the one on Canelo...

Go watch Muhammad Ali's fights.

 

[ChucksGlassJaw]

I think prime Roy Jones jr. would KO either guy. Speed and a stunning counter-shot is needed. GGG is predictable with his shots. Canelo isn't the big puncher he's made out to be.(best KO's against guys like Kirkland and an undersized Khan)

Prime RJJ picks both apart fairly easily. GGG is too flat footed and needs to exchange in the pocket. Canelo just gets beat up. Prime RJJ is a GOAT contender though. GGG and Canelo are great, but there are levels.

 

[surgeyou1]

Conor haters can't stop thinking and talking about Conor even in unrelated threads

It's really amazing. They literally can't stop fantasizing about him

 

[TidWell]

Canelo and GGG would kill Conor.

No way in hell Conor can KO them...Not to mention, Canelo/GGG have true strength/athleticism....6 months and Conor wont take em down.

Plus Ggg used to wrestle in Khazkstan as a boy and teen he could have the muscle memory, and conor is no take down artist

 

[Jimmy jump]

Put it this way....Deontay Wilder looks at Ngannou's power and laughs.

Conor showed that MMA striking power is levels below what boxer's churn out.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

The larger gloves help to deflect and block punches. Their boxing defense would have to change a lot to not get hit.

 

[wolfss]

The big thing isn't the gloves, it's that they know to roll with punches so they rarely get caught clean. Even in the second fight it's obvious. The problem with mma fighters is that 99% have terrible boxing fundamentals, especially defensively, and they get caught clean way more often. Mma fighters routinely walk into and lean right into punches.

Boxing fundamentals depend on being able to use a stance. A boxing stance will have you on your back real quick in mma. Also wrestling ability allows fighters throw punches with confidence.

 

[in the liver]

Do you think their chins are any better than MMA fighter's best chins (e.g. Diaz, Hunt, etc) or their chins would look average against 4 oz gloves?

i think the thing is that its when you don't see the shot coming that you get hurt. not only do boxers spend all their time training hands, they have so much less to think about in a boxing match than in mma. so they are better at seeing the strikes because its just hands hands hands all day, and then as well as that they arent trying to keep an eye on whether their opponent is getting ready for a kick or a spin kick or a spinning backfist or a takedown or a trip

 

[GreatWhiteBuffalo]

Their chins are insane. The gloves really don't make that much of a power difference.

That being said, their defensive skills would need to be completely relearned to compete in MMA

gloves make an insane difference of power per square inch, as wall as absorbed power. In other words, getting hit on the chin or temple in boxing is like getting hit on the cheek in mma. The displaced energy has a larger surface to spread

 

[SoberAwakening]

With the exception of one or two shots, Canelo was taking GGG's power punches and moving forward. Punches that put other fighters down. It was crazy. He did get wobbled once or twice, but recovered quickly.

I'd love to see these dudes fight in 4 oz gloves.

 

[Erocthadon]

 

[The Natural Born Runner]

Totally overrated chins from both men.

Do they both have solid chins, sure. They got some beards on 'em, that's cool. This idea and narrative that they have some sort of Roy Nelson, Mark Hunt, Robbie Lawler level chin is just silly to me though. Where exactly is the evidence of either man taking colossal punishment? They both took next to zero real damage before fighting each other. In 72 minutes of fighting I don't think Golovkin once landed a fully power shot on Canelo, not like he has on his past opponents which he has typically knocked out. Canelo landed one really hard shot on Golovkin in their first fight which Gennady just walked through, now that was super impressive.

All that said, you're acting like these guys wear the damage on their chins, both fighters don't really take much damage. It took fights with each other to really take any proper damage, and even then they were both extremely cautious and never truly put it all on the line.

 

[Flboycanscrap2]

Yes, their chins would hold up to 4 oz gloves when being punched by barefooted MMA fighters. Maybe there would be a difference if they were punching each other with 4 oz gloves.

In general, you need to be genetically predisposed to taking damage well to be an elite boxer. E.g. having a monster chin.

 

[pookiyama]

Add a pound on the end of a lever, and that end will land with increased force. Big gloves do not cause you to hit lighter, they just make those hits less painful.

 

[AndyMaBobs]

Do you think their chins are any better than MMA fighter's best chins (e.g. Diaz, Hunt, etc) or their chins would look average against 4 oz gloves?

Against each other, probably not, against MMA fighters of a similar weight. Quite likely, MMA fighters don't punch as hard as boxers who's entire technique and physique are built around punching power. There's a good chance they're getting hit harder than most MMA fighters anyway.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Their jabs would KO most mma fighters. MMA is where chins go to die.

 

[Khabib Fan]

Do you think their chins are any better than MMA fighter's best chins (e.g. Diaz, Hunt, etc) or their chins would look average against 4 oz gloves?

Those Grade A chins would survive no gloves.

 

[migeru29]

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Conor was lucky that he was fighting an old, methodical, patient boxer. Good choice. Canelo or GGG would finish him in 3 or 4. Mayweather beat both but styles make fights.

 

[cevo]

Do you think their chins are any better than MMA fighter's best chins (e.g. Diaz, Hunt, etc) or their chins would look average against 4 oz gloves?

Of course. Canelo is getting hit by pro boxers at the highest level, and those big gloves barely have any padding. I remember feeling a 12oz boxing glove for the first time and I was shocked at how little padding there was. It's like getting hit with a big rock inside a towel.

Diaz does have great recovery, but he gets dropped quite a lot. Not sure if that chin would hold up in pro boxing. Hunt in his prime, absolutely.

 

[mjmj]

Add a pound on the end of a lever, and that end will land with increased force. Big gloves do not cause you to hit lighter, they just make those hits less painful.

But this is Sherdog, where logic and simple physics are ignored. Or more likely, not understood.