Juan La Porte > Anyone you guys can think of
He took the best shots of Salvador Sanchez, Azumah Nelson, Julio Cesar Chavez, Kosta Tszyu and John John Molina and went the distance with all of them.
I believe he also fought Wilfredo Gomez and went the distance too. I’m in no position to judge his chin as I only seen him vs Chavez and he did not looked like a guy that gets hit cleanly often(good defense and skills). How he did against all of those mentioned boxers?
I forgot that Vitali failed to knock him down. He also couldn't knock down Sam Peter. So maybe I overrated fat boy's chin. Maybe you are right.
Nah I'd say fatboys chin is top notch, just that Vitalis power was never that great and has diminished a bit in his old age. Prime Sam Peter had an excellent chin, shame he had poor skills.
So Shannon Briggs is Iron chinned too?
I forgot that Vitali failed to knock him down. He also couldn't knock down Sam Peter. So maybe I overrated fat boy's chin. Maybe you are right.
Good pick on the person who said Penalosa.
The amount of bombs he took from Lopez was ridiculous. What's even crazier is Gerry was fighting above his weight class against one of that divisions hardest puncher.
I've never seen him hurt and he has been in the ring with a lot of good fighters.
Didn't Linares drop him in like the 6th round or something? Can't remember if he was hurt or not, but I could have sworn he went down at one point in that fight.
Yeah Juarez was hurt after he got dropped cause he took an uppercut and his feet was still planted and out of nowhere started wobbling and fell down. Then instead of getting up he takes a knee and takes the whole count. He did what ur supposed to do when ur hurt though, take that whole 8 count.
vitali was hurt in the lewis fight. (from a uppercut & he started clinching for dear life)
Abraham is a good one. although i think its mostly because of how he stays in a defensive shell.
not so sure about kessler.
Malignaggi is a good one.
Sakio Bika is a great one.
to be honest the greatest chin that I've ever seen was marvin haggler. the guys skull was 20 times more thicker & stronger.
built like a warrior from another planet.
I agree with Hagler.
I would only add George Chuvalo.
Guy was made of Adamantium.
Wolverine would be jealous.
vitali was hurt in the lewis fight. (from a uppercut & he started clinching for dear life)
Abraham is a good one. although i think its mostly because of how he stays in a defensive shell.
not so sure about kessler.
Malignaggi is a good one.
Sakio Bika is a great one.
to be honest the greatest chin that I've ever seen was marvin haggler. the guys skull was 20 times more thicker & stronger.
built like a warrior from another planet.
Sakio does have a good chin.
But Jaidon Codrington had him down and about done in the first round of there epic fight.
Juan La Porte > Anyone you guys can think of
He took the best shots of Salvador Sanchez, Azumah Nelson, Julio Cesar Chavez, Kosta Tszyu and John John Molina and went the distance with all of them.
I can't recall Rocky Juarez getting hurt ether.
Soto may have stunned him.
But hes never been down.
Didn't Linares drop him in like the 6th round or something? Can't remember if he was hurt or not, but I could have sworn he went down at one point in that fight.
I think Kotelnik deserves a mention.
I don't remember seeing him hurt.
Did Maidana hurt him?
Maidana hurt him around the 9th round. Kotelnik is tough and has a solid chin, but his defense is too good for me to put him in this category.
I can't recall Rocky Juarez getting hurt ether.
Soto may have stunned him.
But hes never been down.
Linares had him down, but he didn't look all that hurt. The amount and type of shots Linares landed on him would've stopped most lightweights, Rocky definitely has a solid chin.
There's too many to mention, but Agbeko, Mares, and Perez definitely deserve mentions, especially since they're so under appreciated. Mares took similar punches to what Agbeko did and wasn't as worn down at the end of the fight.
The only fighter that can give him competition right now is Angulo!!BTW,what's up with him,hope he'd back on HBO soon!!
Angulo's been buzzed a couple times.
Gutierrez hurt him.
The biggest puncher hes faced so far is Joel Julio who dosen't hit that hard at 154.
So the jury's still out on Angulo.
Vitaly deserves a mention, he has never been hurt, never.
I would add Kessler and Abraham aswell.
I think Malignaggi is another one. He's been hurt and stunned, but he could have finished his fights with Khan and hatton
Nah Froch has been wobbled by Dirrell and hurt/dropped by Taylor. He admitted in an interview that when he was dropped he didnt even remember the shot that put him there which equals hurt.
I see your point, although he didn't look particularly hurt against Taylor to me. I think it might be better to say that Froch has excellent punch-recovery abilities than an iron chin (although he still maintains a good one).