Anyone can be KO'd ? YES or NO ?

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I guess Oliver McCall could claim that he can never be KO'd. Supposedly sparred with a prime Mike Tyson numerous times and was never even down. He's well over 40 years old now and still hasn't been down.

 

Anyone can be stopped with some it will take more than one punch but sometimes a good offence will help keep them at bay but even Ali was lucky vs Cooper that it was near rds end and with Frazier RD 15 that Joe was spent. Marciano came back punching and JJW went into the defensive mode and Archie did the same. Foreman was almost out vs Lyle ( who really was not an elite puncher) but George had the pedigree. Louis was down a few times but never really hurt and Dempsey down vs Firpo and Tunney but Firpo became target practice and Tunney got back on the bike. Lets put it this way if you get hurt against a puncher/finisher like Joe Louis 90% of the fighters are not going to survive.

 

However Calzaghe has been beaten in amateur competition and the opponents he fought aren't quite as stern a test as the likes of Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno were to McCall.

McCall claims to have never been down in professional or amateur competition or even sparring after a 20+ year career.

 

However we're talking about a fighter who closes his eyes when he punches/gets punched, has poor balance and is not exactly a great defensive fighter. Yet he has never been down in a 20+ year career during which he has faced many punchers.

 

I wouldn't say he's making a comeback. He has been fighting all along. He won 3 fights in 2009 and is set to fight next week.

 

I think the discussion goes from a chin discussion to a discussion about the recouperative powers of a fighter. I agree with the premise (anyone can be KO'd) but feel it ranges more towards the recuperative strengths of a fighter than his chin.

 

I think a bigger issue over chin is whether or not the boxer sees the punch coming. If he does, he has a much better chance of absorbing it's impact than if he doesn't.

 

Bute and Mosley have shaken my faith recently. I really thought Margo and Andrade were almost bulletproof.

 

Yes, Marlon Starling vs Tomas Molinares is a prime example. Starling had a granite chin, and was putting a beating on Molinares, and he ran into a perfect punch after the bell had rung, and he was counted out. With this being said, Corrie Sanders is still not as big a puncher than Tua, and W. Klit still has a weak chin.

 

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