Best chin ever?

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Muhammad Ali

[chaconfan]

Agreed

What has quitting got to do with his chin? He's never been put down and v Lewis he was just walking into shots not even caring, basically urging Lewis to punch him as hard as he could to end the fight as he no longer wanted to fight. That's a heart issue if anything, nothing to do with chin.

Yes, nothing to do with his chin. I would say it was a mental issue though more than heart.

[chaconfan]

Not really

Muhammad Ali

He was put down heavily by three very small heavies, those two would fight at cruiser if they were around today, plus, he didnt always take the shots of some of the monsters he fought, he leaned away or took part on his glove,or was moving backwards, jabbing.
His opponents were the biggest punchers in history, but he didnt always absorb their blows.

[Ljc]

Groves is known as a non puncher and still put Froch down in the first. Laporte was never down to my knowledge, and fought legends way past his best years

How is groves a known non puncher? SRR is a contender for best chin ever.

[phatcatboxing]

Groves is known as a non puncher and still put Froch down in the first. Laporte was never down to my knowledge, and fought legends way past his best years

Groves definitely wasn't thought of as a non-puncher going into the fight. He's got big, explosive power and if he'd landed that shot in that same way on anyone else in the division they wouldn't of got up.

[gratz_the_king]

He was put down heavily by three very small heavies, those two would fight at cruiser if they were around today, plus, he didnt always take the shots of some of the monsters he fought, he leaned away or took part on his glove,or was moving backwards, jabbing.
His opponents were the biggest punchers in history, but he didnt always absorb their blows.

james toney

hes only been put down 3 times in 90 or so professional fights. 2 of which were slips (off balance against roy jones and samuel peter stepped on his foot) and 1 of them was legit against reggie johnson. he did get up within seconds though in the johnson fight and continued on to win it, so it was probably more of a flash knockdown. i dont think he was hurt there or at any point in his career really

he has also traveled from MW up to HW and fought some murderous punchers (sam peter, holyfield, jirov, mccallum, roy jones, etc.) and his chin has remained sturdy

never heard any stories of him getting dropped in the amateurs or sparring either. id say he has one of the best chins of all time although the punches throughout the years have clearly taken their toll on his health

[TGD]

Glen Johnson

[Ljc]

Duran had a great chin also. I know he got put to sleep by hears but that shot probably would have killed any other former light weight. Went 15 with haggler, walked through SRL best shots at WW ect ect ect

[chaconfan]

Agreed but....

james toney

hes only been put down 3 times in 90 or so professional fights. 2 of which were slips (off balance against roy jones and samuel peter stepped on his foot) and 1 of them was legit against reggie johnson. he did get up within seconds though in the johnson fight and continued on to win it, so it was probably more of a flash knockdown. i dont think he was hurt there or at any point in his career really

he has also traveled from MW up to HW and fought some murderous punchers (sam peter, holyfield, jirov, mccallum, roy jones, etc.) and his chin has remained sturdy

never heard any stories of him getting dropped in the amateurs or sparring either. id say he has one of the best chins of all time although the punches throughout the years have clearly taken their toll on his health

Laporte was NEVER down, not even in 15rd fights, not even when washed up, not even against awesome legends

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Jake Lamotta