Heavyweight Boxing's 10 Greatest Chins

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Originally Posted by bilbo

I'm with Samson 3000 on this, any fighter can be knocked down if caught right, it has as much to do with balance and momentum as it does chin.

What truly seperates the greats is their ability to recover. Ali showed amazing powers of recovery, although he was saved by the bell in his first fight with Cooper. :P

Still there arn't many able to absorb punisment more than him.

I think George Foreman is definitely up there and Evander Holyfield.

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I know Ali's was great at recovering and he had loads of heart which is why he could get up off
the deck and win, but fighters like Tito did the same! Ali was a great fighter and possibly no1 Heavy of all time but imo his chin was not the greatest

How can Ike Ibeabuchi even be mentioned with the fighters on this list? The guy only had 20 fights and only one was against a guy who could punch, Tua. Ali was in with Foreman, Frazier, Shavers, Norton, and Liston. These are 5 of the most feared punchers in boxing history. And anyone who thinks Ali didn't take punishment because of good defense is totally naive. If that were the case, he wouldn't be walking around the way he is now.

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Originally Posted by bilbo

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Originally Posted by VanChilds

Tua may not have the best opposition but I've never seen they guy hurt....and although he is not a HW Lamotta had a great beard.

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Actually the best chin in the heavies right now probably goes to James Toney

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Ill agree with u there, for a guy who started at Middle to be able to mix with the heavys
and take the punches is pretty impressive!

larry holmes had great chin foreman had good chin aswell and oliver mcall got good chin aswell never been knocked down joe fraizer had good chin riddick bowe had good chin aswell he took pounding off golota and still was there i dont quite know how butterbeans got best chin only stopped once out of 85 fights ;)

I think Chuvalo had the best chin. The ones not mentioned on the list, Tua and Vitali Klitschko had great chins too.

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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

larry holmes had great chin foreman had good chin aswell and oliver mcall got good chin aswell never been knocked down joe fraizer had good chin riddick bowe had good chin aswell he took pounding off golota and still was there i dont quite know how butterbeans got best chin only stopped once out of 85 fights ;)

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Here. You dropped these.

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Butterbeans also had the best set of spare tires :)

Top ten that come to mind (not in any order)

Ray Mercer
George Foreman
David Tua
Marciano
Ali
Ben Tackie
Wayne McCullough
Marvin Hagler
Evander Holyfield

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Originally Posted by JT Rock

During his peak, however, Mercer was able to take anything. As Evander Holyfield, Bert Cooper and a rejuvenated Tim Witherspoon experienced.

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Didn't Holyfield knock Mercher down?

Personally i would have Marciano higher on that chin list. Everyone goes on about level of comp watever but boy then fighters still had a pop in there punches.

Corry Sanders had a very good chin against Vitali Klitschko.

are you forgettin mccall..maybe its been said..took everyone of LLewis shots with his hands down :laugh:

My list


Ike Ibeabuchi
Oscar Bonavena
Oliver McCall
Ray Mercer
George Foreman
David Tua
Marciano
Muhammad Ali
Evander Holyfield
George Chuvalo

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Originally Posted by shamma

are you forgettin mccall..maybe its been said..took everyone of LLewis shots with his hands down :laugh:

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Scary ;D

You need some good reasoning to keep McCall out of any greatest beards list.

Ali (always got up, never counted out)
Chuvalo (never off his feet and Fought the biggest hitters in history)
"Two Ton" Tony Gallento ( you guys forget him?)
Ray Mercer ( took the best from Morrison, LL, and was avoided by most when in his prime)
Foreman (Ali took his heart and soul, that kept him down)
David Tua (Ike, LL, Oleg couldn't even phase him)
Bonavena (only TKO'd once by Ali in the 15th)
Gene Tunney (forget the long count, never KO'd)
Larry Holmes (only at 38 and a 2 year layoff could he be KO'd)
Frazier (only Foreman Stopped him by TKO)

honorable mention....
Randall Cobb (ridiculous chin, only a round 1 KO to Dee Collier "wtf?!?!"... keeps him from number one)

IMO I think a prime Holyfield should be number one. He could take some shots.