Best chin of HW champs

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  1. Phil_Ivey_76

    Phil_Ivey_76 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    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.
     
  2. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    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.
     
  3. heavy_handss

    heavy_handss Guest

    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
     
  4. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :patsch
     
  5. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    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
     
  6. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    The title of this thread is" Best chin of HW CHAMPS":patsch
     
  7. Jester

    Jester Active Member Full Member

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    My top ten looks like this

    Ali
    McCall
    Foreman
    Vitali
    Marciano
    Holmes
    Dempsey
    Frazier
    Holyfield
    Jeffries
     
  8. heavy_handss

    heavy_handss Guest

    yes, great garbage argument...
     
  9. heavy_handss

    heavy_handss Guest

    ok.. my opinion is the same... just forget the names of the guys who were not champs..
     
  10. heavy_handss

    heavy_handss Guest

    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
     
  11. albinored

    albinored Active Member Full Member

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    ....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.
     
  12. hookfromhell

    hookfromhell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    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.
     
  13. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jeffries
    Baer
    Marciano
    liston
    Ali
    Frazier
    Foreman
    Vitali
    McCall
    Holy/Tyson
     
  14. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Max Baer
    Jeffries
    Marciano
    Vitali
    Ali
     
  15. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Among the lineals:

    Jeffries
    Dempsey
    Baer
    Braddock
    Marciano
    Ali
    Foreman
    Holmes
    Tyson
    Holyfield