The Perfect Chin

I don't know about anyone else on this forum, but there is one quality I love in a fighter: a fanastic chin.

Just about all of my favourite boxers can take a hell of a punch. The likes of Morales, Castillo, Barrera, Harrison, McCullough. I could have almost cried when Morales got stopped. It didn't seem possible. The same goes for Castillo. McCullough was different. The doctor pulled him out against Larios, despite McCullough at no point being hurt in the bout. But I digress.

My challenge to you good people is to find the fighter with the perfect chin. To qualify, he must never have been down or stopped. Being stopped on cuts is different. That can be allowed. I literally want to see a fighter who has never even remotely been shaken in the ring. I could care less if he's a journeyman who's fed to rising stars. If he keeps coming at them no matter what, he qualifies. I know of at least one journeyman out there similar to this. His name escapes me, however.

So if anyone has made it to the end of this post and wants to take up the challenge, do what you have to do. Browse boxrec, consult your memory, fellow boxing fans. Curious to see what names people come up with ;)

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Good one CC

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those eyebrows are fecking huge!

And a nice piece of square on the head! ;D

i didnt know mr t was making a comeback,good for him.



i pity da fool who wants to touch my chin.

ali could take some punishment....

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Originally Posted by miles

ali could take some punishment....

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but i suppose being knocked down before possibly rules him out of clydey's definition of perfect chin....

i have a perfect looking chin however if it were to be punched i would most likely snap in half.

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Originally Posted by barbaro

i have a perfect looking chin however if it were to be punched i would most likely snap in half.

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jimmy hill has a very impressive chin! ;D

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=004537

Marion Wilson.

Pretty much all you need to know, for anyone who hasn't heard of him.. He really can't fight but his chin is certainly freakish, never been stopped... Look how many god damn HUGE punchers he has fought, probably was alot of ppl's first fight to go the distance ie Sam Peter and many other young guys he has fought.. Just crazy, how he can take it all.. Every one of the elite fighters he has met have probably unleashed and teed up on him for long periods of time, but just noone can actually hurt him. Only seen one fight of his myself, and I don't even remember who it was against. But he actually fought to a draw with Ray Mercer back in 94, I could imagine what kind of unimaginable slugfest that was..

I agree with David Tua as a good choice. Years ago Randall "Tex" Cobb was known for his chin although his defensive skills were so poor that even the iron-chinned Tex got stopped a few times.

Here's something I've noticed for awhile: iron-chinned fighters rarely clinch. This is because they're willing to get into a slugfest and trade heavy shots on the inside. That's my kind of fighting so I'm quite partial to that type of fighter.

George Foreman had an iron chin, but like Tex Cobb his defensive skills were not good enough, at least in the 1st part of his career. During his comeback he was never knocked down in spite of facing a number of big punchers such as Morrison, Holyfield, Cooney and Alex Stewart. I think George deserves serious consideration for having the greatest chin ever in spite of his loss to Ali (exhaustion and carelessness) and his knockdowns suffered at the hands of Ron Lyle (total defensive meltdown) and Jimmy Young (exhaustion again).

In the old days, Jake La Motta was known for his iron chin. Pound for pound La Motta's chin might have been the best ever.

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http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=004537

Marion Wilson.

Pretty much all you need to know, for anyone who hasn't heard of him.. He really can't fight but his chin is certainly freakish, never been stopped... Look how many god damn HUGE punchers he has fought, probably was alot of ppl's first fight to go the distance ie Sam Peter and many other young guys he has fought.. Just crazy, how he can take it all.. Every one of the elite fighters he has met have probably unleashed and teed up on him for long periods of time, but just noone can actually hurt him. Only seen one fight of his myself, and I don't even remember who it was against. But he actually fought to a draw with Ray Mercer back in 94, I could imagine what kind of unimaginable slugfest that was..

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Ohhh! Shat I forgot about Wilson and Tex Cobbs.

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http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=004537

Marion Wilson.

Pretty much all you need to know, for anyone who hasn't heard of him.. He really can't fight but his chin is certainly freakish, never been stopped... Look how many god damn HUGE punchers he has fought, probably was alot of ppl's first fight to go the distance ie Sam Peter and many other young guys he has fought.. Just crazy, how he can take it all.. Every one of the elite fighters he has met have probably unleashed and teed up on him for long periods of time, but just noone can actually hurt him. Only seen one fight of his myself, and I don't even remember who it was against. But he actually fought to a draw with Ray Mercer back in 94, I could imagine what kind of unimaginable slugfest that was..

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Wait. Is that the huge fat guy? He fought Rahman b4 too right?

Morales didn't go down because of his chin! He went down because of the beating he took and he was exausted.

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http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=004537

Marion Wilson.

Pretty much all you need to know, for anyone who hasn't heard of him.. He really can't fight but his chin is certainly freakish, never been stopped... Look how many god damn HUGE punchers he has fought, probably was alot of ppl's first fight to go the distance ie Sam Peter and many other young guys he has fought.. Just crazy, how he can take it all.. Every one of the elite fighters he has met have probably unleashed and teed up on him for long periods of time, but just noone can actually hurt him. Only seen one fight of his myself, and I don't even remember who it was against. But he actually fought to a draw with Ray Mercer back in 94, I could imagine what kind of unimaginable slugfest that was..

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Good find.
I think we mighten have heard of the boxer with the best chin
could have a great chin but cant fight so good

I'd have to go with George Chuvalho

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I'd have to go with George Chuvalho

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Yep, i agree. Most books ive read on boxing always go on about how much of a tough test he is and how hard it is to hurt him.

rocky Marciano had a pretty good chin, only got knocked down a couple of times from flash KOs.

Youd have to go some to have one better than Oliver McCall

Ricky Hatton

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http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=004537

Marion Wilson.

Pretty much all you need to know, for anyone who hasn't heard of him.. He really can't fight but his chin is certainly freakish, never been stopped... Look how many god damn HUGE punchers he has fought, probably was alot of ppl's first fight to go the distance ie Sam Peter and many other young guys he has fought.. Just crazy, how he can take it all.. Every one of the elite fighters he has met have probably unleashed and teed up on him for long periods of time, but just noone can actually hurt him. Only seen one fight of his myself, and I don't even remember who it was against. But he actually fought to a draw with Ray Mercer back in 94, I could imagine what kind of unimaginable slugfest that was..

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Yeah, I noticed him actually. I was on his boxing record just before I made the topic. It says he went down once though >:mad

Might have been a slip, mind you.

Marciano, Hagler, McCall, Eubank, McCallum, McCoulough, LaMotta all had pukka chins

James "lights Out" Tony he has been down 2x in his career but never stopped and he has been in there with some good punchers,I think its a combo between chin his ability to slip a punch and roll his shoulders so he never really gets hit with a clean punch...

He said it himself "NO ONE KNOCKS OUT JAMES TONY"

It depends on how defensively minded the fighter is, especially with the Journeymen because they become survival experts....


Apparently Eamonn Magee has never been down Amateurs or pros and I cant ever remember seeing him hurt, wobbled or looking like he's in trouble.

JAKE LAMOTTA HAD BY FAR THE BEST CHIN EVER. A FEW YESRS BACK HE WAS AWARDED BY THE BOXING FED AN AWARD FOR THE BEST CHIN EVER IN BOXING

Even though He got Tko'd by Coralles I have to Say JOSE LUIS CASTILLO is in the top5 chins of all time

Mikkel Kessler has never taken the count or been knocked down as amateur or pro.

rocky balboa

wjaajajaja ;D
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ZAB "THE SUPER DANCER" JUDAH !! NO ONE CAN TOUCH HIS DANCING FEET!!!

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James "lights Out" Tony he has been down 2x in his career but never stopped and he has been in there with some good punchers,I think its a combo between chin his ability to slip a punch and roll his shoulders so he never really gets hit with a clean punch...

He said it himself "NO ONE KNOCKS OUT JAMES TONY"

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I have to agree with you. I used to think that it was Mayorga, the only time he had been knocked down or out was against Trinidad and he had to recieve alot of punishment for that to happen, he even stuck out his chin to let other fighters know that they could not hurt him, but after the De La Hoya fight you can see he is a shot fighter and that his chin or power are not what they used to be after Trinidad. James Toney I have never seen hurt, there was a flash Knockdown vs Roy Jones and I believe Montell Griffin but he was not hurt either time. And even know fighting as a blown up light heavyweight fighting at heavyweight he still has not been seriously hurt. If you paint his head and put a face mask in front of his face you would think he had on a helmet.

I just got through seeing the 1st Gatti-Mickey Ward fight downloaded off the internet, an all-time great if there ever was one, and took note of Ward's chin. The man can take a huge shot and not even stop coming forward. He was never knocked out during his career, only stopped once on cuts. I wonder if he was ever even knocked down.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=3603

Ward is a favorite of mine along with Glencoffe Johnson. I like warrior types willing to fight anybody, even if they're not the best in the world.

Merciless Ray Mercer

Marvin Hagler - never knocked off his feet in his entire career.

There is no way the Hamsho slip was a knockdown !!!!!

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I just got through seeing the 1st Gatti-Mickey Ward fight downloaded off the internet, an all-time great if there ever was one, and took note of Ward's chin. The man can take a huge shot and not even stop coming forward. He was never knocked out during his career, only stopped once on cuts. I wonder if he was ever even knocked down.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=3603

Ward is a favorite of mine along with Glencoffe Johnson. I like warrior types willing to fight anybody, even if they're not the best in the world.

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Gatti put him down in the second fight. Ward basically just walked onto an absolute peach of a punch and collapsed into the ropes. He got back up though, as you'd expect.

I have to agree though, at times Ward soaked up punishment very few could withstand.

eubank , steve collins maybe as well