Top 10 Greatest Chins In Boxing History

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Hagler
Lamotta
Greb
Jeffries
Armstrong
Toney
Robinson
Ali
Foreman
Marciano

Honorable Mention: Dempsey and Chavez Sr

 

Billy Graham
Carmen Basilio
Hector Camacho

Just to add a few more.

 

I'd add Holmes to the list ... when he dropped from that Shavers right hand, I thought he was dead. Got up, weathered the storm and came back to win. Ditto with Snipes - had to last another two minutes after getting badly staggered, and managed to finish strong.

 

The best chins don't hit the canvas like a ton of bricks or go down three times in one round, Gavilan wasn't stopped once in 143 fights yet I'm the only poster who mentioned him, the same with Robinson, never stopped except through utter exhaustion in a fight where he gave away a lot of weight and the referee himself had to be replaced due to collapse from the heat.

 

So is this thread about the greatest chins ever in the last 100+ years many of whom were long dead before any of us were born or just the greatest chins that we've personally seen since we started following boxing, either in the flesh or live on TV?

I assumed it was the latter and made my list accordingly.

 

Ray Leonards chin get underrated. Solid beard.

 

The title of the thread is greatest chins in boxing history that should answer your question.

 

Yeah but he was knocked down by Kevin Howard and he only proved his chin over 40 or so fights, the greatest chined fighters proved their chins in over a hundred more.

 

If your criteria includes over a hundred fights, that takes out most of the modern era - including Ali, Marciano, Hagler, Chuvalo, etc ...

 

Yes but the opening post was the greatest chins that WE'VE seen since we started following boxing so that where the confusion was.

Well, it confused me anyway.

 

But not knocked out
Marciano was floored twice. His chin is top tier ATG level.

Getting up to win is the ultimate test of chin strength.

 

Marcos vilasaner spelling might be wrong.80s and 90s feather weight .fought Nelson and fenich plus plenty of others never stopped or dropped hard as they come.

 

hahahah i liked this list until i saw the name rocky marciano lmao. and no george chuvalo

 

1- lamotta
2- james toney
3- chuvalo
4- hagler
5- Old Foreman
6- Tua
7- Ali
8- Chavez sr
9- maybe mccall
10- i have to think about that