Talk:Chin (boxing)

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[edit] Etymology

Why is the chin (or jaw) used as an analogy for a fighter's resilience? Is there any actual connection between punching at the jaw/chin (vs any other part of the face) and the likelihood of knocking someone out? Ham Pastrami (talk) 16:26, 7 April 2008 (UTC)