jake la motta ,best chin ever?

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  1. rochsolloch

    rochsolloch stephen chinnock Full Member

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    he must be in the top 5 at least!


    benny lynch was a little tough guy too from glasgow scotland ,theres a true story about sonny liston who was champ at the time at a party in glasgow and sonny told 1 of bennys pals to put out the cigar ,benny says to sonny "you might be the heavyweight champ but ive never lost a fight in my life ,if theres anything going oot its you and not throught the door thru the windae!" hahahahaha
     
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  2. coronacards

    coronacards Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Best chin was probably James Toney....157 lbs. to start...all the way up to 240lbs...took big punches the whole way.

    Never knocked out in 80 fights. Knocked down 3 times, 2 of which were off-balance.
     
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  3. Andre

    Andre BAD INTENTIONS!!!!!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Yes he has a great chin, but personally i rate James Toney chin more, a middleweight whose taken Heavyweights and Cruiserweights shots :deal.
     
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  4. Andre

    Andre BAD INTENTIONS!!!!!!!!!!! Full Member

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    :good
     
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  5. rochsolloch

    rochsolloch stephen chinnock Full Member

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    great defensive fighter but used drugs and in my book your a cheat and a loser plain n simple its the bottom line!
     
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  6. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Hagler and LaMotta proved their chins to me more than Toney, as did someone like Chuvalo, and even McCullough, etc.

    Toney's slickness and defense had a lot to do with how he took punches, though he did no doubt have a great chin, I just haven't seen him take the flush punches that the others have. He was downed and hurt by Reggie Johnson at MW, when his defense was less sound than it was in later days.
     
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  7. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    LaMotta is up there, but I don't know how you can actually gauge who's chin is the greatest ever.

    There's too many factors that come into play.
     
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  8. 196osh

    196osh Mendes Bros. Full Member

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    That is a great story mate :good
     
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  9. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    I remember them telling that story on the Sportscentury episode on Liston. I didn't remember that it was Lynch though.
     
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  10. rochsolloch

    rochsolloch stephen chinnock Full Member

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    1960 the famous writer hugh mcilvanney told that story on a bio of bennys career and thats a true story and the thing is sonny liston got the message and zipped it,,hahahahahaha,typcal glaswegians.
     
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  11. Keihule

    Keihule Active Member Full Member

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    I dont know how you rate the best chin ever, but La Motta definately taken more punches than any of the guys he is up there with.
     
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  12. john b

    john b EVERTON 0- OLdham 1 Full Member

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    Having Five fights against the Great SRR and not being put down shows u have a great chin and heart. Just wondering is the raging bull actually a true account of his life I mean did he have to take a dive against that no hoper to get is shot at the middleweight title.
     
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  13. Buddy La

    Buddy La Active Member Full Member

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    LaMotta claims that to be true, I wouldn't completely doubt it. The guy Billy Fox that stopped LaMotta had 48 victories with 47 KOs, which means this guy had to have some kind of a punch. I'd go with LaMotta's story just because I don't think he was much of a BS'er, but that is a true statement by Jake so it being in the movie would make sense to his account of his life.
     
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  14. Thread Stealer

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    LaMotta testified in court talking about taking a dive against Fox and receiving money for it.

    He was also an even bigger scumbag in real life (going by his autobiography) than he was in the film.
     
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  15. john b

    john b EVERTON 0- OLdham 1 Full Member

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    He was definately paranoid in his film believing that his own brother was having an affair with his wife.
     
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