Top 5 Oliver McCall Vitaly Ali Foreman Marciano / Pinklon Thomas I've left out WBO champs... (Ray Mercer) Tyson comes close but I've seen him put down in sparring more than once. Larry Holmes could be argued to be top 5... I have him in my top 10 for sure.
Many people get dropped in sparring.It means little . Marciano was dropped by Toxie Hall,Vitali by Travis Walker, and Raphael Butler. Jim Jeffries was never dropped in a fight when he was prime, he should be in any list of great chins.
marciano and holmes should not even mentioned here, a hw with a top chin never would get dropped by a 40 years old lhw,(YES, EVEN IF THIS LHW WAS A TOP PUNCHER LIKE ARCHIE MOORE, BECAUSE A LHW PUNCHER IS A CRAPPY PUNCHER BETWEEN HWS, BOB FOSTER COULD NOT EVEN HURT FRAZIER OR ALI, FRAZIER SIMPLY TOOK EVERY SHOT FROM FOSTER AND DESTROYED HIM). JIM JEFRIES FACED SUPER MWS, MENTIONING HIM HERE IS AN INSULT TO THE BOXING HISTORY. YOU DID PUT PINKLON THOMAS AND YOU DID NOT MENTION CHUVALO? I HOPE YOU GET BANNED VERY SOON, OR GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FORUM. THOMAS GOT DESTROYED BY TYSON LIKE AN INSECT. AND HOLMES GOT HURT AND DROPPED BY AVERAGE FIGHTERS BY A SINGLE SHOT. SHAVRS COULD NOT EVEN DROP A ZOMBIE VERSION OF ALI AND SHAVERS DROPPED A PEAK LARRY. HOLMES HAD A GOOD CHIN BUT DEFINITELY NOT IN THE TO 10. CHUVALO,FOREMAN,ALI, JOE BUGNER,VITALI,MCCALL,DAVID TUA,EVANDER HOLYFIELD BETWEEN OTHERS
Most mentioned but it is obviously predicated upon the level of punchers on fought .. I think the absolute best proven were .. Ali McCall Mercer Holyfield Vitali
My top ten looks like this Ali McCall Foreman Vitali Marciano Holmes Dempsey Frazier Holyfield Jeffries
champs? ok... ali, foreman, holyfield,vitali,tyson(he got a much better chin than larry holmes, many times the people think that the capacity to recover is the same thing that having a solid chin), frazier(he took a complete beating by foreman and still the guy never got knocked out in the floor..) oliver mccall
....i can't understand why max baer seldom appears in these lists. he had one of the greatest chins ever. joe louis said hitting him was like trying to drive bricks into a wall.
ALI strongest ribs as well. TYSON FOREMAN HOLYFIELD BOWE/FRAZIER Punch resistance and heart must be taken into account. I agree Frazier was getting annihilated but kept getting up unreal.