Best chin in history?

[nomadman]

CORRECT.......Not bad for an old guy eh?

Not bad at all. Which is why I consider Tyson's KO of him a lot higher than a lot of people do.

[OLD JUD]

I'd say there is a difference. A guy like Gatti had great recuperative abilities (a catch all term for things like physiological recuperation, ingrained behavioural responses to danger, pain tolerance and the like) but there's no doubt that he got buzzed and dropped a lot. Someone like Tyson had a great chin, by most standards, but when he got hurt or dropped it was usually the beginning of the end.

I would not claim Tyson had a great chin. Good,Yes. He was big enough to concede that he was hurt in some of his peak fights, he admits that Bruno hurt him a couple of times in their first fight.
Getting stopped by the likes of McBride and Williams doesn't cement the argument about having a great chin.

I think the term 'Durability' is probably a more accurate reflection of the subjective opinion of a fighters 'Chin' and recuperative powers.
Based on that premise then i rate Holmes comfortably above Tyson in the 'Durability' stakes.

Not bad at all. Which is why I consider Tyson's KO of him a lot higher than a lot of people do.

Fair comment, but lets be honest, Holmes had been on the slide for a few years before he got KO'd by a PRIME Tyson. I wonder how this fight might have gone if Tyson had fought the Holmes of the late 70's early 80's?

[rorymac]

Only going to mention fighters I've seen enough of to pass comment on

McCullough took big punches from Naz, deserves a mention.

De La Hoya, Margarito, Hopkins, Tua, Cobb, Lamotta, Ali, Hagler, Tackie, Froch

[barfly12]

No question

George Chuvalo and Jake LaMotta.