The worst chinned fighters to win a linear world title?

Stracey actually had 1 successful defense..a 10 round tko over Hedgemon Lewis before losing his title to Palomino.

 

I can't believe no one has played the Roy Jones card yet. IT sort of makes me proud of Classic posters.

Note: I DO NOT think RJJ deserves to be on the list.

 

Floyd was a small fighter usually fighting at 185-190 pounds. He also go up a lot of times and took a lot of punishment to stay down on most occations. You can't say the same for Wlad.

 

I wouldn't say Stracey had a bad chin at all. He withstood a brutal beating from Palomino (who was a pretty solid puncher) before finally being stopped late, mainly as a result of body blows. He also withstood an early pounding from Napoles before coming back to stop him.

 

Jones was never a linear champ.

 

For a heavyweight, yes. He was down too often against mediocre fighters.

As a middlweight/light-heavyweight (which was probably his natural weight), he appeared to be more sturdy.

 

What makes a bad chin? Getting dropped or not getting up ?

 

Stracey had a half-decent chin, it was a left body shot from possibly the BEST left body hooker at 147 in Palomino that done him in.


Wlad. Clearly the answer is Wlad.

 

Is Wlad really linear though?

Until he beats his brother I cannot accept him as a linear champion.

 

Apparently after Patterson, Louis is the HW champ who was knocked down the most

 

Patterson's chin wasnt as bad it seemed when one considers that he was basically a light heavy who was facing some of the most stellar fighters in history.

Besides, someone has a good point: Does getting knocked down mean you have a bad chin? I dont think so. Getting knocked out is one thing but keep in mind that Patterson was a very unorthodox in that he often lept in with punches with both feet off the ground, and squared up to get more leverage on his hooks against the naturally bigger guys he was facing. I think Patterson's knockdowns were a combination of balance, and the fact that he was just a smaller guy.

 

I think it is actualy Ezzard Charles.

Of course you might want to factor in the number of Hall of Famers he fought.

 

what about leon spinks..the man was an undisputed linear hvwt champ

 

He didn't ''stay down'' on most occasions; in fact, he NEVER stayed down, he was always getting up.
Klomton mentioned about his balance; many of his KD's were his simply being off balance.
And as HGrant said, if you're always getting back up, how bad can your chin be?
I've seen Patterson become almost ferocious (as much as HE can be) after going down. He gave away the draw to Quarry in their first fight (basically kicked Jerry's arse rounds 3-8) after being really hurt in the second. Harris was a flash KD, he smiled after the Rademacher KD, etc...
I've said this before, but what if Ingo had nailed him at the END of the 3rd in their 1st fight? He had remarkable recooperative power for the most part...
Granted, I'm a tad biased towards my childhood hero but some of this china chin continuous rap against him aggrevates me. Thanks to the handful on board that see his great abilities for what they really were...

 

It helps that he wasn't lineal champ.

Not that I'd put him up there regardless. For most of his career, he took shots fine.