The greatest chins or chin at 175lbs?

Toney, Qawi, Michael Spinks.

Billy Conn was only stopped twice so he is right up there.

Guys like Bivol and Beterbiev also deserve a mention but part of this is because of how well schooled and defensively responsible they are. The Eastern European school of boxing is heavy on fundemental mastery.

 

agreed. The difference between EE boxers and American boxers is that while plenty of US boxers have had great fundementals, the Americans are more willing to occasionally break fundamentals in order to try to win. Whereas guys like Bivol, Beterbiev (and GGG for that matter) almost never take major risks or break from fundamentals or attack with reckless abandon so its hard to tell how good their chins are and how much of it is the defensive responsibility.

Agree that Spinks, Conn, Toney and Qawi were fighting bigger men so that matters a lot too.

 

Matthew Saad Muhammad and Marvin Johnson,I never saw someone still standing after eating thousands of uppercuts square in the chin.

 

I know you don't mean to insult McGrain, but,...that is how I would take it, if I were him.

 

Galindez was always renown for his stout chin. I don't recall ever seeing or hearing about him being down during his title run until the last couple fights of his career. Even in his stoppage loss to Rossman, I believe he remained on his feet.

Tommy Gibbons was reportedly never dropped until the literal final round of his career, when he was beaten down by Tunney.

I believe Jim Braddock was never even floored, let alone took a full count, until the penultimate fight of his career vs. the almighty Joe Louis.

& let's not forget Greb.

 

Putrid post.

 

Tunney was never stopped and only down twice in his long career.

 

Tommy Gibbons has to be way up there. He fought almost 100 bouts and wasn't stopped until his final appearance in the ring. And he faced some pure savages in Dempsey, Chip, Miske, Kid Norfolk, Carpentier... not to mention Greb.

 

It’s Tarver.

 

Joey Maxim

 

To the ones you have already named I add Willie Pastrano

 

Tommy Gibbons and Joey Maxim are excellent shouts.

To add to them, Maxie Rosenbloom has arguably thr deepest resume in LHW history and was stopped just twice in his 296 bouts, once on a body shot and the other past prime in his 286th contest. He had a decent chin to say the least.