Definitely Wlad.
Lennox definitely didn't have a very good chin. He was knocked out twice, and rocked on occasion, but the punches he got knocked out by WERE hard shots.
Here's the thing w/ Wlad. Let's say that their chins were equal, Wlad is still a much less durable fighter.
It's a mental thing. Lennox was never a "scared" fighter. Wlad is a scared fighter, and I don't mean he's afraid of people, I'm saying he KNOWS he has a bad chin, and it worries him. It's always in his mind, "do not get punched, do not get punched, you can't take it, do not get punched.
That on top of the fact his chin indeed does suck **** makes it twice as bad. You know what I mean?
So not only will Wlad get hurt, he'll freak out and get anxiety from it. Nowadays he's very disciplined and cautious, so you don't see it often at all, but if somebody does eventually tag him good and hurt him, you'll see what I'm talking about.
Great question! First off, let me break through all the fighters that knocked these two out.
Lennox Lewis- Oliver McCall: 56 wins, 37 KOs, Hasim Rahman: 50 wins, 41 KOs.
Wladimir Klitschko- Ross Puritty: 31 wins, 27 KOs, Lamon Brewster 35 wins, 30 KOs, Corrie Sanders 42 wins, 31 KOs.
Ross Puritty had very good power, and had a draw with Tommy Morrison, knocking him down twice. Corrie Sanders had great power, having many 1st and 2nd round knockouts. Lamon Brewster had many 1st round knockouts as well. Klitschko's chin isn't really as bad as it seems, it's just that these guys can punch. However, on Lewis' record, Oliver McCall knocked him out, and he isn't a great puncher at all. Rahman can punch for sure I think.
This is truly a tough one, but I'll give the slight edge to Wladimir Klitschko having the worse chin. Lennox Lewis' competition were much more elite as to Klitschkos.
Wladdy has the weaker chin as he fought in a weaker era in the division and got kayoed/stopped by two fighters who would have been at best just lowly-ranked contenders at the height of the Lewis-Holyfeild-Tyson era namely Corrie Sanders and Lamont Brewster.
True, Lewis was stopped twice by Hashim Rahman and Oliver McCall but he avenged those losses also by TKO. Rahman and McCall were highly rated contenders at those times with Rahman even holding an earlier KO win over Klitschko conqueror Sanders
IMO, Wlad is suspect and cannot fight going backwards. The first time someone backs him up, he has no idea how to react. Hit him and he goes down.
and why ?
