there have been some real tough guys in boxing, guys who you beat with a bat and hope it slows them down but whos had the best chin ever
jake la mota
evander holyfield
oliver mccall
bernard hopkins
rocky marciano
muhammed ali
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there have been some real tough guys in boxing, guys who you beat with a bat and hope it slows them down but whos had the best chin ever
jake la mota
evander holyfield
oliver mccall
bernard hopkins
rocky marciano
muhammed ali
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Originally Posted by nuclear bull
Oliver McCall and David Tua . . .
Wayne McCullough.
Never floored in his entire amateur and professional career. It is like he uses his chin as a shield!
Remember being at the McCullough/Harrison fight and i have NEVER seen a guy take punishment like he did and stay on his feet! :o(the ropes helped a few times though ;))
Rocky Marciano.
Leonard had a great chin.
Marvin Hagler.
David Tua.
McCullough.
marcos villasana the former featherweight champion
definately rahman
No wait.... ;D
Marion Wilson...gets beat up a hell of a lot but not KO'd
chris eubank
Zab Judah ;D
No Wayne certainly and Holyfield
Hmmm There are alot of them but the few that stick out in my mind most are..
Lamotta,
Holyfield,
Mugabi, ( ever see the hagler fight? he took like 20 un answered shots and still stood at one point)
Toney,
Prime Mercer,
Tua,
Mayne McCullagh,
How about Chuvalo?
I gotta agree with Chuvalo. Stood up to Ali, Frazier, and Foreman to say the least and never went down.Quote:
Originally Posted by baller
Ricardo Mayorga got to be one of them, just watch Mayorga vs Trinidad round 1Quote:
Originally Posted by nuclear bull
OMG how can you guys not mention MAYORGA. He still get up but the ref stop the fight.
Nigel Benn ?
he goes down alot sure... but he got up alot also (ignore the collins fights he was not himself after mclellan imo )
Eubank
Marvin Hagler
Marvin Hagler, Jake LaMotta, Ray Robinson(over 200 pro fights-never K.O.d), Rocky Marciano, Wayne McCollugh, George Chuvalo, and in his prime Matthew Saad Muhammad, who could ever forget his wars with Marvin Johnson or Yaqui Lopez!!!!!!
VITALI
... Jose Luis Castillo Biatches. 8)
You're missing George Chuvalo :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nuclear bull
Tyson
well untill he met douglas--as much as i like tyson..... after douglas floored him--every1 started flooring him and ko himQuote:
Originally Posted by Starr
jack La motta
hagler
durAN
holyfield
mercer
frazier
ali
leonard
robinson
tua
marciano
johnny tapia
chavez etc.......
hopkins
We all forget ali as we forget he had one of the greatest chins ever you just dont think of him like that but its true he could take a punch
castillo has never been knocked down!!!!!!!!!!!
Vitali klitchko never been knocked down!!!!!!!!!
can't remember anymore at the moment who have never been knocked down
other than those Lamotta, holyfield, Ali, hagler, sugar ray robinson
Tua and Marciano are great choices. But, my vote goes to Castillo. Never been down in over 60 fights. Even the TKO vs Corrales, he didn't touch the canvas. That is amazing.
Jose Luis Lopez had or has a very good chin
Tua
Ibeabuchi
Vitali KLitschko
Oliver MCcall
Mercer (pre-briggs)
Current best chins:
Sam Peter (head is a freakin boulder....can't help but wonder about HGH)
probably Valuev
Liahovich and Brewster showed a lot of chin a couple of weeks back but both have seen the canvas once before.
Ali had a great chin. Ask George Foreman!
I've seen a lot of names mentioned like LaMotta and Robinson but let's not forget Basillio. He stepped in with the best and if I remember correctly he was never legitimately KO'd. Emile Griffith had a chin on him aswell.
All the usual suspects,Duran,Ali,etc but currently ....Erik Morales. Take into account all the tough fighters he has faced and he has only been down twice(the one against MAB was a slip) and also,Pac did not put him down via headshots,it was to the body ;D and the other has to be Castillo although could someone clear this up for me,has he ever apasrt from the Chico fight,been stopped legitimately or have they been on cuts? Different reporters say different things!
Oh he would of if the ropes werent there and the ref didnt save him ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Unknowndonor
ben tackie
Mayoraga got TKO'd. Actually he was saved from a KO. If that fight continued he was done.. You can't be on the best chin list if you get a KO or TKO in your loss column. I'll let Ali in because he was stopped WAY past his prime.
Marciano
Bowe
tunney
Hagler
Holmes- for the first 15 years!!
Tua
got to be Lamotta! Just look at any of the fights with SRR and appreciate the shots he takes. I saw it again the other day and still expected him to go down.
Reckon Ali and Frazier will both have a good shout, especially their "Thriller in Manila", the most brutal fight of all time!!!
George Chuvalo, in over 90 fights in a great heavyweight era was never knocked out... not by Foreman, not by Frazier, or Ali. The man was a bull.
Britkid, in his two TKO losses to Foreman and Frazier, did he ever get knocked down? Or was he just taking too many consecutive punches without anything in return, while still on his feet.
Wayne McCullough, marvin hagler, Evander Holyfield or Steve Collins
today, gatti is a hell of a tough cookie. and morrales aswell.
Foreman,Tua and maybe P4p byrd.