Chin and size of the head

Head size, face shape and neck strength are all factors in being able to take a punch.

There are several other factors of course.
 
tyson believes strengthening the neck related to taking punches
 
"Some boxing experts, such as Teddy Atlas, believe it to be a mindframe. Additionally, some fighters have been known to have better chins as a result of moving up to a higher weight class. One example of this is Miguel Cotto, who was seen as having a relatively weak chin at light welterweight but was harder to hurt once he moved up to welterweight."

Source: wikipedia
 
otizik said:
"Some boxing experts, such as Teddy Atlas, believe it to be a mindframe. Additionally, some fighters have been known to have better chins as a result of moving up to a higher weight class. One example of this is Miguel Cotto, who was seen as having a relatively weak chin at light welterweight but was harder to hurt once he moved up to welterweight."

Source: wikipedia
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wikipedia is never a source.
 
otizik said:
Is there a correlation between ability to take punch and size of someone's head.

It looks that guys with bigger heads like Rampage, Hunt or Rothwell absorb punches way better than Rashard Evans, GSP or Overeem.

Or could it be a psychological matter since you are more prone to KO once you get knocked out. (GSP after Serra, Rashad after Machida loss)?
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GSP hit in the temple by Serra, not the chin.

Too many variables, so only a guess,

Based on theories, by science, and witnessing, here is my opinion

Great chin equal less whip action.

So...

Whatever prevents the head from turning too fast.

So...

the rest can be figured out.

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A chin that is receding, like roy jones jr, his head will turn at a faster rate because of his chins angle to cranium.

A chin that sticks out, like hendo, his head turns slower because of chins angle to cranium.

its all about leverage. Like in arm wrestling, shorter arm vs longer arms. In chin ration to skull...the shorter chin will produce greater whip action. But, neck and structure help as well.

Every weight division, have what we can call p4p chins that may look normal. Like frankie edgar. Allot of times we overlook these smaller people because we try to measure up againstpeople in the lhw or HW division and up, or people weighing 190 and up because they tend to display taking the hardest hits. And their bones are bigger....this is one big reason I am against people putting on weight unnaturally because they will put themselves in more danger. Usually, the bone density is made to with stand its range of out put. So if your 170, you should be ok getting KO'd by someone else weighing 170. But, 170 vs 220 is dangerous simple because one can possibly be fragile enough to die. i think its best to fight at your lightest weight....
 
ThunderStruck said:
Tito would be indestructible if your theory was right.
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Tito was never out despite Liddell's barage of best shots. Chuck had ability to put a man out with one shot but never Tito.

It took more than 10 knees to put Rampage out in his Pride days.
 
otizik said:
Bigfoots face is relatively narrow with pointy chin, Penn hasn't been punched much.
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You are talking out of your hat my friend. I'm a huge BJ fan and he has taken a lot of punches in his last 2 fights alone.
 
textwarrior said:
GSP hit in the temple by Serra, not the chin.
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"Is there a correlation between ability to take punch and size of someone's head."

you are taking the "chin" word too literally in this instance, as the OP asked, the word "chin" is used as the ability to take a punch without being KO'd.

it's confusing, because, then the shape of the chin is discussed as ONE factor, but all of the factors about being able to take a punch, whether to the temple or the chin is being pondered here.
 
ThunderStruck said:
Tito would be indestructible if your theory was right.
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Doesn't matter how big your head is if your skull is cracked. They did a study one time which showed a correlation between having a cracked skull and getting KOed violently by guys named Charles. It's science.
 
There are exceptions but a thicker neck tends to be ko'd less . The jolt of a strike is what causes the ko. More stabilty, less jolt. A big head attached to a skinny neck is easily knocked out . But of course there are exceptions
 
otizik said:
Is there a correlation between ability to take punch and size of someone's head.

It looks that guys with bigger heads like Rampage, Hunt or Rothwell absorb punches way better than Rashard Evans, GSP or Overeem.

Or could it be a psychological matter since you are more prone to KO once you get knocked out. (GSP after Serra, Rashad after Machida loss)?
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It absolutely does actually. If someone can find it there's a video on a mma show where they ask a doctor about it. Most people aren't knocked out by a straight punch. They may be dazed but it rare they are knocked out that way. Usually it's a looping circular punch that does it. The reason for that is that the human skull is designed to protect against frontal impacts with the neck being strong against certain directions, the skull shape and density, where certain parts of the brain are located, etc. It isn't protected that well against punches from the side or an angle such as an uppercut that torque the head violently in one direction. This torquing twist the brain and causes it to hit against the inside the skull at one time which sends you into a shock that shuts the body down.

So what happens is guys with huge chins such as tito ortiz is that they have a longer lever which is their chin that can be hit giving the punch greater lever to twist the head more violently.

Basically tito's huge head makes it easier to twist his head easier and twist his brain while slapping into his skull. Anything that causes a fighters head to twist one way tends to get them while some straight slamp punches that drive them back they can walk through.
 
I always thought the lower IQ or lack of brain cells to begin with HELPED a fighters chin, like there being less consciousness to even be knocked out or something.. Rampage for instance would be a good example of that.
 
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