Top Chin Ever

[QueensburyRules]

At least the Wladimir vids were fun. Like when he knocked him off his boat into the water. Or when he just showed up the restaurant and started eating his food.

- - Briggs lucky Wlad didn't press felony charges under maritime law. He'd guaranteed to be still in jail.

[DeeMoney]

- - Nor Canelo with more fights at higher weights.

Yeah, but Canelo has a lot better defense and head movement. GGG takes more shots the way he fights. I feel like his (Golovkin's) chin has been tested more based on his style.

[billeau2]

At least the Wladimir vids were fun. Like when he knocked him off his boat into the water. Or when he just showed up the restaurant and started eating his food.

Lol those were a riot... It was hard for me to believe Vlad was not in on it, but apparently he wasn't.

[soul_survivor]

I watched Ali fight some a boxing’s greatest hitters and all failed to stop him and he was rarely floored. The punishment he took from Frazier in fight three and the bombs he absorbed from Shavers cause me to give him the nod.

I was about to post just this. For a heavyweight to never be KOd is remarkable enough, for it to happen in the best ever era of the heavies, especially considering Ali fought Frazier, Foreman, Shavers, Lyle, Holmes years and years past his best makes it even more remarkable.

[MikeyMike100]

- - Nor Canelo with more fights at higher weights.

Both have great chins

[markusmod]

He got bigger and bigger, more muscles which are harder to oxygenate in some ways than fat lol. When I saw him many years ago, around the time he lost to lewis, he was not muscle bound. Just looked like a good sized individual.

At least the Wladimir vids were fun. Like when he knocked him off his boat into the water. Or when he just showed up the restaurant and started eating his food.

[billeau2]

After he got popper for the juice, we never saw him fight again.

He got bigger and bigger, more muscles which are harder to oxygenate in some ways than fat lol. When I saw him many years ago, around the time he lost to lewis, he was not muscle bound. Just looked like a good sized individual.

[QueensburyRules]

GGG has never been dropped

- - Nor Canelo with more fights at higher weights.

[StarshipTrooper]

Well really a chin is simply how cushioned your brain is, wether that is because of a heavier head, a stronger neck etc etc - but at the end of the day the fighter has to see the punch coming to brace for it.

Trainers, I think Atlas said a good chin in his experience is mental. Some guys just won't go down.

in my opinion though, if you learn to take a shot (ride the shot) and in general get used to being hit more (not flush) you can develop a keener sense and rarely get caught with punches you didn't at least see coming and brace for.

I know its more fun to just assume a fighters chin as a statline, but really as others stated a knockout comes from the brain whiplash. So much of a fighters "good chin" comes from being able to prevent this whiplash, getting hit or not.

We look at Ali, and the 2 men that hurt him were 190 lbs and 205 lbs. non of the bigger stronger men hurt him at any point. The smaller faster guys caught ali and he didnt see them coming. Frazier accomplished this by getting him tired first and waiting till his reflexes dulled, Cooper was likely underestimated by Ali and caught him flush.

If we can all agree that Sonny Liston hits harder than Cooper I'm sure. Cooper connected better.

Angelo Dundee: "It's the punch you don't see coming that gets you out of there."

[StarshipTrooper]

totally, cobb had an absolutely iron beard. Good call. I'm curious when his chin failed him and what was the scenario. was he out, was he not fighting back, did he turn his back? ref stoppage? or was he sparked. sometimes a fighters others abilities fail them, not their chin - and they lose via stoppage

******* stoppage