Chavez Sr vs Eubank Sr: Greater Chin

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Chavez Sr vs Eubank Sr: Greater Chin

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  1. sas6789

    sas6789 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Who had the greater chin
     
  2. Mod-Mania

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  4. Brixton Bomber

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    Eubank.

    Fought in three different divisions against much bigger men and never got stopped.

    Chavez isn't in the same league as Chris.
     
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  5. Kamikaze

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    Chris Eubank Snr- The Carl Thompson fight is why I have the best chins at MW roughly like this.

    James Toney
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    Chris Eubank snr
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    Jakey LaMotta
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    Marvellous Hagler

    Those spaces are on purpose, I think Toneys chin is that much better.
     
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  6. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not so sure about if Toneys chin was better or his defense allowed him to take few flush shots.
     
  7. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I'll go Eubank slightly. Both had freaky hard chins.
     
  8. Mod-Mania

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    Total Bull S**T. He was stopped by Thompson second fight remember?
     
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  9. Ike-Man

    Ike-Man Active Member Full Member

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    Vice versa, Chavez is a top 30 ATG, Eubank isn't even top 150.
     
  10. sas6789

    sas6789 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    There's no doubt Chavez is the greater fighter, i'm sure he's refering to the chin department.
     
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  11. Kamikaze

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    Could you imagine Canelo surviving Sam Peters or Rahman? A great defence and reflexes helps but he really took some hard shots from, much, much, much bigger fighters who hit hard for there division.
     
  12. Woller

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    You do know that he was stopped by the doctor because of his left eye was swollen closed.
    Eubank was leading on all three scorecards at the time of the stoppage.
     
  13. META5

    META5 Active Member Full Member

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    I've glanced the results.

    I suspect that Chavez is being picked on name alone and not on actual chin demonstrated p4p in context of the natural size given up in the ring. Of course, JCC had a legendary chin but his chin is one of the things that Eubank had that was really elite.

    Eubank survived bombs from Benn and Thompson. As mentioned by @Woller stopped for eye swelling and lack of vision rather than any failure of his chin versus Thompson. If anything, his chin was too good and if he beats Thompson to a decision, his ego takes him into deep waters in subsequent fights that put his health at greater risk.
     
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  14. Mod-Mania

    Mod-Mania Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes but the post said he was never and i just pointed out that he was.
     
  15. Woller

    Woller Active Member Full Member

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    Okay, I get you point.
    I saw it as a question of the best chin, and Eubank was stopped on eye damage and not because of heavy head shots that he could not take.
     
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