best fighter with the worst chin

[New England]

There were some big punchers there,.... but I wouldn't say many of them were very good at getting through,....... you know,,,, the Very fast and Hard punchers with precision & accuracy... I rarely ever saw Lewis get hit flush..... His ability level was always far in excess than that of his opponents.

now, to be fair, this video is clearly made by a fanboy.
and its a compilation, not a series of rounds or fights.
i dont believe that lewis had "an iron chin"
instead, im posting the video to show lennox taking big shots, one after the other.


it should be said (because it can be said with an absolute degree of certainty) that many of these punches that we are seeing in this video of from big punchers at the top (or around the top) of the game would floor the average HW.

you hit a journeyman fighting in the club with these punches and he's going home early with a hell of a headache.


so if lennox' 6'5" body shows some effect from these shots, we shouldn't call his chin shotty simply on those merits. tall guys really let you know when they are hurt. that's a lot of body to keep upright when you're buzzed.


these bombs would floor a "chinny" HW and keep him there.
instead lewis might reel at times, but he came back to win all but twice, and would often come back with offense in the same round in which he was badly tagged.


not a great chin in historic context
but certainly nowhere near a terrible one. and it was tested enough in my humble estimation to form an opinion on it's sturdiness.



and on the bold part
yes, yes it was. he was a very good boxer
he had a meanstreak in him too