You hear of jake LaMatta, Muhammad Ali, Marvin Hagler and Oliver McCall in these type of threads, but here is a guy who, in my opinion, has a tougher beard. he went the distance against such great punchers as: Bazooka Limon Jose Luis Ramiraz Edwin Roserio Ray Mancini Julio Cesar Chavez Felix Trinidad Oscar De la Hoya Roberto Duran Louis Ramon Campas Win or lose he didn't get Ko'd and I don't think knocked down (at least by any of these guys). If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm talking about Hector Camacho Sr.
I think one of the toughest chins I've seen displayed on film is Tony Zales - particularly in the Cerdan fight - i just can't fathom how he took some of the hammer he did - mindboggling!!
Absolutely. It seems like the consensus that after getting his bell rung early in his career, he really sharpened up on the D. But, this thread is a good call for sure. Hard to believe he hasn't gotten stopped yet. It's like Hagler still fighting but at heavyweight and not being stopped. Too bad his speech is godawful. 47 or 48 and I think he's scheduled to fight again soon.
Nothing to do with him running like **** then? As has been discussed recently, Juan Laporte shits all over most lower weight chins.
In no particular order Juan Laporte Marcos Villasana Jose L Lopez Zack Padilla Alfred Kotey Johnny Tapia Julio Cesar Chavez Jake Lamotta Geoge Chuvalo Randy Cobb Marion Wilson Oliver Mccall Dwight Qawi (at Light heavy) Roberto Duran Wayne Mccullough Salvador Sanchez Saoul Mamby Jorge Castro Hector Lopez Just off the top of my head.
Jess Willard had a great chin, too. Often forgotten due to the Dempsey beating. And one guy who is always overlooked when it comes to chin: Barney Ross. German fighter with the best chin: Eckhard Dagge - that guy was used to take flush shots on his chin to discourage his opponents. Against Elisha Obed he took a bad beating for many rounds before stopping him. Obed was highly touted at the time and a very good puncher.
What about this for a chin, i love this Lol.......... 2.25 [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ_Vt6h0z4w[/ame]
This was unreal!!, remarkable recuperative powers. 1.06 [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z0Mg-dw16o[/ame]
George Chuvalo IMO has to be at least top 5 all time, any weight class with respect to the greatest chins. LaMotta and Hagler deserve mention too.
I say Ali after his suspension. He took some shots from Shavers and Frazier that would of killed any other man.