Fighters who's chins carried there Career?

[damoreno]

Rocky Marciano... I think he was so successful because of the great punch he could take. Many of his victories came due to ability to take his opponents best shots until he was able to land his big right hand. Same case could be made about Jake Lamotta and even JCC who took a lot of punishment but because their chin held up they were able to come on as the fight progressed.

[Sloba-DoNN]

Iran Barkley
Oliver McCall
Ross Purritty

[Zocalo]

Marvin Hagler has an unbelievable chin as well.

[them_apples]

David Tua had the toughest chin known to man

[Two Clips]

srsly but he was amazing in other ways too

Your right! That damn left hook to the head and body was amazing. I saw one of his fights last night when he went up to light heavy and he took alot of punishment and dealt out just as much to win the fight by knockout.

[Sage84]

James Toney....

[IchiBonDj]

Wayne McCullough

[warp1432]

A lot of these guys had more then just their chins though.

Jake Lamotta had great upperbody movement. Ali still had a class A jab to help him plus a good right hand. James Toney had amazing reflexes. David Tua had power. Hagler had a lot of things other then his chin.

I'd say Maricano, Mayorga, Baldomir, and Margarito belong on that list. Ross Purity too.

[2quick2slick]

Gerry Penalosa. He became a pro in 1989, he's a reigning world champ, and NEVER been knocked down in his entire career.

[Easy-E]

It is just my personal opinion. Kosta was not even near his prime(closer to 37) and coming off of various injuries. I have seen Hatton wobbled too many times to say he had a great chin.

He had not lost his power.
That is the last thing to go, and had claimed he was in excellent shape before the fight, and the layoff had really helped him freshen up and get back into prime form.


So who should I believe about what type of shape and condition Zoo was in...
Him?
or you?

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