How Many Big Punchers Have There Been That Haven't Been Chinny ??

Gerald Mc

George Foreman

Rocky Marciano

Can you think of anymore ??

tua has a very steady chin, and i wouldnt go as far as calling tyson chinny either.

Ice did i give you the idea for this topic ;)

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Originally Posted by tysonbruno

Ice did i give you the idea for this topic ;)

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Yes you did lol after you said about most punchers are chinny i thought id make a topic see how many people can think of.

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Originally Posted by jbirdy

tua has a very steady chin, and i wouldnt go as far as calling tyson chinny either.

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Good call on Tua what about Ike aswell and as for Tyson he had pretty good chin in his prime he took terrific punch for Bruno that rocked him and uppercut from Tucker that lifted him off his feet and how about Vitali aswell ??

CC#858 good topic ;D

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CC#858 good topic ;D

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Thanks ;D :coolclick: back.

Kostya Tyszu ;)

Edison Miranda ??

Ike Ibeabuchi

Howard Eastman but he does'nt hit as hard as he used to but a good chin for a puncher

Butterbean?

Rocky Marciano is a great fighter in my book, but as far as I'm concerned a chin is only as rugged as how hard you protect it. Even with Marciano, when he through a unorthodox combination at Archie Moore, Archie Moore floored him with a right uppercut, which Rocky admitted was the hardest punch he's ever felt. Jersey Joe Walcott was able to set him up a couple of times and was able to hurt Rocky on those occasions. Marciano was hard to hit, his crouch, his cross-arm defense and how he'd crowd his opponents gave a lot of guys trouble. Joe Louis said it himself "He's young, he's strong and he's hard to hit.

Anyways, guys like George Foreman and other punchers are less inclined to get hit when their opponents are on the defensive.

Tito..

No way he was chinny.. Getting flash knockdowns early because of the struggle to make weight and warm up properly pre fight does not make you chinny..

Just before that arguement was brought up i thought i would kill it :)

Tyson had an extrememly good chin. His KO losses to Douglas, Holyfield and Lewis only occurred after he had eaten tons of big punches that would have KO'd just about anyone else.

Hagler? he could defo punch and had a chin made of Iron!

Hagler is a great example. Although maybe he isn't as explosive as people would like.

JCC
'Finito' Lopez
Duran

JLC great left hook never dropped and only tkoed once by the great chico r.i.p, other losses on cuts?

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JLC great left hook never dropped and only tkoed once by the great chico r.i.p, other losses on cuts?

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I got sent early JLC fight and he got stopped by tko because guy was battering him but yes he has great chin and has never been stopped.

Pacquio has a good chin and he's a puncher.

Oneal Bell has a hell of a chin and punch.

What about Archie Moore he only had 7 ko losses in 220 fights and out of 185 wins 131 were ko's so could he be a big puncher who were'nt chinny

Tony Tucker

Riddick Bowe

Ray Mercer

I'll just stick with current fighters as the past names have all been mentioned but Jeff Lacy and Carl Froch are two that stand out.

I'm not sure about Valero yet but considering how many shots he takes he is probably one tough mofo.

Oh and Edison Miranda seems to have a hard head too.

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

I'll just stick with current fighters as the past names have all been mentioned but Jeff Lacy and Carl Froch are two that stand out.

I'm not sure about Valero yet but considering how many shots he takes he is probably one tough mofo.

Oh and Edison Miranda seems to have a hard head too.

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Haven't seen Froch take a good shot yet.

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Originally Posted by CutMeMicK

JCC
'Finito' Lopez
Duran

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Thats an interesting thing i always pondered on about duran..

A great fighter.. Fought all the best.. Leonard couldnt knock him out, Neither could hagler..

Both great fighters..Packed a great punch.. And roberto was naturally a lightweight

and hagler a great middleweight puncher could not ko him..

And the hearns loss...Put that into perspective with the rest of duran's career.. Says nothing bad about durans chin.. But tells us all too much about Hearns' devastating power

Oliver McCall

JLC,Duran, Hagler, Tua, Tyson, etc.


I'll give a shout to Antwan Echols. Not the best chin, but not too shabby.

Joe Frazier?

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JLC,Duran, Hagler, Tua, Tyson, etc.


I'll give a shout to Antwan Echols. Not the best chin, but not too shabby.

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CC. Antwun Echols was a motherfukin Pimp! He was a hard ass KO Puncher from Iowa. You see how much it toook from Bernard to floor him? Then watch the Charles Brewer fight, Brewer knocked him on his ass about 3 times in a matter of a couple rounds. :o

Jake LaMotta,,Jack Johnson,,George Foreman,,Tua,,Tyson,,Sam Peter,,James Toney at the lower weights,,Ray Mercer,,Chavez,,

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I'm not sure about Valero yet but considering how many shots he takes he is probably one tough mofo.

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Valero is a hell of a puncher. Mosquera floored him so he's no superman.

Pac has no granite chin either. He's just good of shaking it off when he gets rocked.

Vitali Klitschko definately,he was never down in 210 amateur fights and 37 pro fights. :boxing:

George Chuvalo and Jerry Quarry deserve recognition. Those were two big punchers with absolute granite chins.

Marvin Hagler???

Joe Frazier....Roberto Duran....Ibeabuchi (from what we can gather from 20 fights)....JC Chavez.....Kostya Tszyu....Harry Greb (never KO'd).....

Foreman, Tua, Ibeabuchi,Tyson,Marciano

I always thought that the guys who punched didn't have great chins because they were so involved in delivering a punch that they ended up caught as they were punching and got the effects more dramatically than someone who tightens up and sees the punch coming. Although the lean fighters like Bob Foster or Tommy Hearns or Terry Norris all did not take the best punch, the guys who punched who were squat like Tyson and Tua took good punches yet had to be inside. I think the inside big punchers took better punches than the guys who hit hard from the outside. Foreman is a guy who was both.. He punched hard on the outside and inside yet he was bigger than most so he absorbed the big punches well. Problem with big punchers are that they hit so hard that usually they were not used to getting hit well. But guys who hit hard and had ok chins were Tyson, Tua, Foreman, Hagler, although Hagler was not a big big puncher, but he was decent. One thing about punchers is that Hearns did not take Barkley's punch well in the first fight, but in the second fight he was on the ropes and knew the punches were coming and he took hard punches which surprised alot of people. As though just knowing the punches were coming mad him take it better. Foreman had a better chin later in his career. And Tyson took a punch ok, but the punch would take steam out of him.

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I always thought that the guys who punched didn't have great chins because they were so involved in delivering a punch that they ended up caught as they were punching and got the effects more dramatically than someone who tightens up and sees the punch coming. Although the lean fighters like Bob Foster or Tommy Hearns or Terry Norris all did not take the best punch, the guys who punched who were squat like Tyson and Tua took good punches yet had to be inside. I think the inside big punchers took better punches than the guys who hit hard from the outside. Foreman is a guy who was both.. He punched hard on the outside and inside yet he was bigger than most so he absorbed the big punches well. Problem with big punchers are that they hit so hard that usually they were not used to getting hit well. But guys who hit hard and had ok chins were Tyson, Tua, Foreman, Hagler, although Hagler was not a big big puncher, but he was decent. One thing about punchers is that Hearns did not take Barkley's punch well in the first fight, but in the second fight he was on the ropes and knew the punches were coming and he took hard punches which surprised alot of people. As though just knowing the punches were coming mad him take it better. Foreman had a better chin later in his career. And Tyson took a punch ok, but the punch would take steam out of him.

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You bring up good points about Foreman later in his career and his chin being better at that stage,,,If you ever see his later fight's ( this is the exact same reason James Toney takes his punches so well) he rolls with the shots even the ones he get's hammered on big he rolls with and that takes a lot of steam off the shots...It is truly an art that if not mastered you will get KO'd quick

Early toney for certain

But an incredible example...


Roberto Duran.. - ..Iran barkley

Some would say duran past prime.. Some , maybe i would say his last hurrah..

But you watch barkley - duran round 8 and tell me roberto doesnt have an iron chin!

Whats more it tells you something about hearns' devestating power after seeing duran take shots like this ;) :)

Julian Jackson.















Just kidding!!!!

Seriously, I'd mention Tyson, Foreman, Frazier.
At the lower weights, I'd say Aaron Pryor must be mentioned. Those right hands he ate from Alexis Arguello would've floored a small elephant. And Pryor could downright wallop!