Media Chimaev is in Phuket, Thailand again to sharpen his striking

Good on him I mean he was getting out struck by Usman in periods of their fights.

A strong wrestler like Khamzat who hits hard could do wonders if he learned a Thai clinch and some proper knees.

This will also be good to prep for his match with Bobby Knuckles. Doubt Khamzat will be able to dominate Whittaker with wrestling right out the gate. But Whittakers chin is essentially shot so Khamzats should focus on hurting him on the feet first and then dive in for those legs and choke him out.

That being said his careers been a huge disappointment so far :) . Not gonna lie I really thought he was the one, the next killer.
 
Carrotman23 said:
Good on him I mean he was getting out struck by Usman in periods of their fights.

A strong wrestler like Khamzat who hits hard could do wonders if he learned a Thai clinch and some proper knees.

This will also be good to prep for his match with Bobby Knuckles. Doubt Khamzat will be able to dominate Whittaker with wrestling right out the gate. But Whittakers chin is essentially shot so Khamzats should focus on hurting him on the feet first and then dive in for those legs and choke him out.

That being said his careers been a huge disappointment so far :) . Not gonna lie I really thought he was the one, the next killer.
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Whittaker's chin isn't shot. His chin has never been some crazy titanium shit, but what he does have is insane ability to recover from being rocked.
 
usernamee said:
Whittaker's chin isn't shot. His chin has never been some crazy titanium shit, but what he does have is insane ability to recover from being rocked.
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Definitely disagree, he doesn't take a shot like he used to pre Romero fights, and especially hasn't taken a punch the same after the first Izzy fight.

The guy gets hurt badly in basically every fight, even ones he's dominating like the Till and Cannonier fights.
But I agree that he has a great ability to recover and move/scramble when he's hurt
 
Carrotman23 said:
Definitely disagree, he doesn't take a shot like he used to pre Romero fights, and especially hasn't taken a punch the same after the first Izzy fight.

The guy gets hurt badly in basically every fight, even ones he's dominating like the Till and Cannonier fights.
But I agree that he has a great ability to recover and move/scramble when he's hurt
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When did he ever have to eat hard punches before the Romero fights?

Wonderboy landed on him and TKOd him that's the only time I remember. Other than that the fights before Romero were lopsided in Whittakers favour and can't be used as a measuring stick for how good his chin was.
 
usernamee said:
When did he ever have to eat hard punches before the Romero fights?

Wonderboy landed on him and TKOd him that's the only time I remember. Other than that the fights before Romero were lopsided in Whittakers favour and can't be used as a measuring stick for how good his chin was.
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He didn't really, usually his defense held up well like in the Uriah Hall fight where he blocked most of Hall's flashy strikes or ducked out of the way.
I love Whittaker and he's still a top 5 guy, but my point is nowadays a strong jab can buzz him. DDP just barely clipped him with a jab and buzzed him bad in the second round leading to a finish.
Agree to disagree because there's nothing you can say that will make me think the Whittaker of today could tank shots like he did in both Romero fights.
 
Carrotman23 said:
He didn't really, usually his defense held up well like in the Uriah Hall fight where he blocked most of Hall's flashy strikes or ducked out of the way.
I love Whittaker and he's still a top 5 guy, but my point is nowadays a strong jab can buzz him. DDP just barely clipped him with a jab and buzzed him bad in the second round leading to a finish.
Agree to disagree because there's nothing you can say that will make me think the Whittaker of today could tank shots like he did in both Romero fights.
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When a spinning wheel kick lands cleanly on the jaw people go night night.

Not only didn't Whittaker lose consciousness but he remained on his feet and a few seconds later had regained composure.

You can't say someone''s chin is shot when he can eat a spinning wheel kick like that.

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I feel like in hindsight people will admit Whittaker had more mileage, went through more wars, used to be a WW so Khamzat has never fought a real MW, has only been 3-2 since 2021 with some slow fights. Maybe admit they just didn't like Khamzat's personality. Will be pretty eye opening if Khamzat wins in spectacular fashion.
 
usernamee said:
When a spinning wheel kick lands cleanly on the jaw people go night night.

Not only didn't Whittaker lose consciousness but he remained on his feet and a few seconds later had regained composure.

You can't say someone''s chin is shot when he can eat a spinning wheel kick like that.

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Kick didn't land with full force (and it wobbled him), here's Rob getting buzzed by a basic straight right as well as a jab.
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Have watched him for awhile, his chin isn't the same. But if you wanna die on this hill the go ahead.
 
Carrotman23 said:
Kick didn't land with full force (and it wobbled him), here's Rob getting buzzed by a basic straight right as well as a jab.
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Have watched him for awhile, his chin isn't the same. But if you wanna die on this hill the go ahead.
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The same? No of course not it is. It would be inhuman for him to have the same durability.

But it's not a shot chin. And lol "spinning wheel kick didn't land with full force"

The amount of force behind ANY spinning wheel kick is vicious.
 
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