What does it mean to have a glass jaw?

Question

does it mean he goes down because it hurts or because he has to...?

does it mean he cant take a punch? or it hurts him thats why he goes down?

Answer 1

If someone told you that you got a glass jaw... it means that your jaw or even your head is vulnerable to great damage...

Answer 2

It means he is an easy KO.  One punch...lights out.

Answer 3

CAN'T TAKE A PUNCH....THE ANALOGY COMES FROM HOW EASY IT IS TO BREAK GLASS--THUS AN EASY KO

Answer 4

glass jaw means you have a weak state or equalibrium and when you get hit in the face (the term glass jaw is not meant literally)it is easily put off resulting in a knockdown or knockout most of the other answers were close but not very specific .

Answer 5

it means that you can't take a punch well on the jaw and are more susceptible to getting knocked out

Answer 6

it means you get knocked out easily

Answer 7

Mark Breland's career.

Answer 8

I guess nobody used the word shattered hmmm.they all seem 2 talk like there smart and know everything about ur ? but it's simple glass don't brake in shatters that's it! u figure the rest is not so hard.Good luck not having a glass jaw hehe.

Answer 9

To have a glass jaw is to go down easily from a punch.  The punch may hurt as well, but that is not necessarily why they go down- they go down because they can't take a hit on the chin/jaw very well.  The former 2-time heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson was said to have a "glass jaw" because of how many times Ingemar Johannsen knocked him down, and how Sonny Liston KO'd him twice in the first round in both of their fights.  He was also knocked down many other times, but those are the most known times.  There are many other fighters throughout history who have been said to have glass jaws, but Patterson sticks out in my memory.

Dusk*- you don't even sound right- Glass don't break in shatters?", and I think that everyone knows that the term is not meant to be taken literally, as I said, it means that you can't take a punch that well in the chin/jaw, and as a result you go down.

Answer 10

it means your wladimir klitshcko and you cant take a punch

Answer 11

It means that it dont matter weather is a pucher or a not it you sitll will go down. You jaw is weak.