The 10 best chins in boxing History

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  1. mgdb26

    mgdb26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I like most of your list but I completely dissagree with you on Margarito, he should easily been top five. You can't name any other guy out there that could take the number of flush powerful blows to the head from Cotto and remain unphased by them. The rest of your list is good though.
     
  2. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Juan Laporte (Never down in his career,even though his ledger included fighters like Chavez, Gomez, Sanschez and Tszyu. Stopped once by Zack padilla at the very end of his career more due to being outworked than because he was actually hurt.)

    Billy Graham (Again, never down in his pro career, and though he was a pretty slick boxer, he had well over 100 fights, and if you have that many contests, that generally means to your going to have to weather the effects of an opponent's punches at some point.)
     
  3. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Pretty good list but he has Jake LaMotta too low....
     
  4. moorser

    moorser Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i think wayne mccullough deserves a mention , never touched the canvas amatuer or pro and was in with the best hitters of his generation

    he fought gatti and casamayor as an amatuer along with many many others

    he took the best shots against hamed , morales , harrison , larios and zaragoza amongst others
     
  5. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    yes he would have been a good addition also.
     
  6. Royal-T-Bag

    Royal-T-Bag Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No Mccall, Chavez, Toney???????? or the worst emission of them all- Ali? How could a guy who took the hardest shots from the hardest hitting heavyweights in the best era in heavyweight histstory not be in there??? I don't like this list one bit. Rocky Marciano? gimme a ****ing break he got floored by old men that were former lightheavyweights
     
  7. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Toney was knocked down by a jab.

    Ali was knocked down by TOTAL bums.


    That is why they are not on the list.
     
  8. Royal-T-Bag

    Royal-T-Bag Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    in one fight he was knocked down by a jab cause he was off balance, there's people on this list who have been knocked down multiple times which you can't say for olf fatty Toney and he's fought top level competetion outside of his natural weightclass. at least neither were knocked down by over 40 year old lightheavyweights.
     
  9. Boxing Fanatic

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    Calzaghe, Guzman, Andrade, Valuev, Froch, Vitali, Mosley, De la Hoya, Arthur Abraham, Jean Pascal.
     
  10. Clinton

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    No mention of steve collins?wtf?
     
  11. Da Chin Chekka

    Da Chin Chekka Chi-Town!!! Full Member

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    Gotta give Authur Abraham his props, just off the Miranda fight....
     
  12. GmoNavarro

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    Chavez has to be on the list... agree on the guy who said laporte...
     
  13. Lewisbell

    Lewisbell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Name a bum that floored Ali?

    Henry Cooper? a sweet short shotgun blast to the face?
    Joe Frazier's left hook to the chin?
    Wepner - was it a push? he recovered and wasn't hurt
     
  14. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    i believe he was floored by doug jones who was good but not great. Ali was NOT knocked down by foreman, shavers, quarry, lyle, holmes, liston or any of the many, many other awesome punchers he faced. ali is a top 5 chin all time. not just at heavy
     
  15. stormy

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    David Tua......never down in a fight.