Great fighters who cant take a punch!

[Majesty]

Khan fight this weekend got me thinking about fighters who were sucsessfull even thought they did not hold a shot to well.


Tommy Hearnes comes to mind.

If he had a better chin he might have been the greatest fighter of all time.

I actually think at Welterweight his chin wasn't that bad, it was more his stamina that let him down against SRL. Anyway back on topic.

Floyd Patterson comes to mind straight away, but maybe im being a bit unfair on him. Considering he was really too small for Heavyweight.

Yeah I agree completely.. Tommy's chin was not that bad.. I mean he got wobbled on a number of occassions. But I think some big punchers did it.. Hagler, Barkley Leonard..

Terry Norris
John David Jackson
Ricky Hatton
Lennox Lewis
RJJ
Earnie Shavers

How can you say Thomas Hearns didnt have a bad chin but mention Lewis and RJJr?

[generalbulldog]

Nigel Benn.

[markb018]

Joe Calzaghe

[AdamGB]

Joe Calzaghe

[Gandalf]

Hatton might well be in that category now. He walked through fire in earlier fights, but seems to be getting rocked or stopped every time now. Rarely do we see a fighter in a super fight be blown away as quickly as Hatton was against Manny.

[GAME]

Joe Calzaghe

Disagree with that 1. If he couldnt take a punch he wouldnt have stayed undefeated and won every fight he ever had

[markb018]

Joe Calzaghe

Disagree with that 1. If he couldnt take a punch he wouldnt have stayed undefeated and won every fight he ever had

I just credit him being undefeated to being a great boxer and not leaving England till later in his career, but thats a different debate. Doesn't change the fact of Joe being knocked down a bit

[eleven]

Nigel Benn.

are you being serious the guy was a fucking warrior

[rjj tszyu]

Nigel Benn.

are you being serious the guy was a fucking warrior

He was a warrior yes but I agree he was slightly chinny. That was what made him so exciting. You knew if he took a big one it would hurt him but that was when he became dangerous!

[El Kabong]

Frank Bruno
Donovan Rudduck
Michael Moorer

[ICB]

Frank Bruno
Donovan Rudduck
Michael Moorer

Frank Bruno wasn't chinny it's just he lacked survival instinct, he took bombs off massive punchers like Lennox Lewis without going down. And Razor Ruddock chinny ?

I don't think so he had a broken jaw against Mike Tyson and still went 12 rounds, aswell as surviving a war against a big puncher like Boncrusher Smith.

[Hulk]

"Hurricane" Peter McNeeley

[Spicoli]

"Hurricane" Peter McNeeley

.Hey,he tried vs Tyson.

[ICB]

I think some people are missing the point here, this thread means "great fighters". Not any boxer who had a weak chin

[Spicoli]

I think some people are missing the point here, this thread means "great fighters". Not any boxer who had a weak chin

Jeremy Williams

I think its the 'great'.Always gets a bit dicey....much easier to call out chins made of dry match sticks