10 greatest chins in boxing history?

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  1. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    not really sure how to judge chin since most flush clean punches will put a man down.

    however the most "un-knockoutable" man in history is definitely ali imo.
     
  2. Manassa

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    Seriously? :cool:

    After seeing him trashed by Frazier in the eleventh and fifteenth rounds?
     
  3. lufcrazy

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    he took all that and survived.

    I could never envision him being knocked out in a fight.
     
  4. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Liston.

    Knocked down twice in 54 fights.

    One of those was likely a dive.
     
  5. lufcrazy

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    likely? what evidence do you have to back up that statement?
     
  6. Senor Pepe'

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    Very correct Bill B.

    A freak knockdown to Marty Marshall,

    And a 'legitimate' one-punch knock-out loss to Leotis Martin in
    December 1969, when he was 42 years-old, and 'totally exhausted'.

    My 'sleeper choice'

    Adolfo Viruet. Only suffered one 'flash knockdown' in his entire career.
    Fought
    * Monroe Brooks
    * Pete Ranzany
    * Roberto Duran
    * Bruce Curry
    * Ray Leonard
    * Donald Curry

    All when they were in their 'prime'.
     
  7. Manassa

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    Right. But what makes Ali more durable than Marvin Hagler?
     
  8. lufcrazy

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    I couldn't imagine marvin hagler taking those punches off liston/frazier/foreman
     
  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Juan LaPorte, just in case nobody's mentioned him yet. He had an anvil for a chin.
     
  10. devon

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    Ali faced the hardest hitting boxer in his prime and didn't get knocked down or even injured .
     
  11. Manassa

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    Okay cheers, I'm off :cool:
     
  12. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who? I can't really read what it says.
     
  13. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Marshall broke Liston's jaw in the 4th round, but I don't believe he knocked Liston down in that fight. I may be wrong.
     
  14. dyna

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    Chuvalo had a pretty decent chin.

    He would probably have to be killed before he lands on the ground.
     
  15. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    That's Willie Pastrano..lightheavyweight champ from '63 to '65.