Are Boxers Iron Chins Really Made Of Iron Or Is It All An Illusion?

Are Iron Chins Really Made Of Iron Or Is It All An Illusion? I figured I'd do some numbers crunching and try to come up with a quasi-scientific answer to who has the best chin in Boxing. Obviously this isn't necessarily an exact science, the quality of opponents that the opponents KO isn't fully taken into account but the reality is most fighters work their way up the ranks by KOing their fair share of bums so everyone's KO rate is slightly inflated by a few glass jawed losers. But since these are some of their most recent opponents and most likely their best competition to date it its a pretty good reflection on their overall chin quality throughout their career. I'm not sure if some of the fighters who have the reputation of having an Iron Chin really deserve it or not you be the judge.

Froch

• Groves KO% 69.57x2
• Mack KO% 41.46
• Kessler KO% 71.43x2
• Bute KO% 72.73
• Ward KO% 51.85
• Abraham KO% 60.87 *
• Dirrell KO% 64
• Jermain Taylor KO% 52.63
• Jean Pascal KO% 51.52
• Robin Reid KO% 56.86
• 59.7 Average KO % of Select Opponents

Golovkin

• Martin Murray KO% 37.5
• Marco Antonio Rubio KO% 76.12
• Daniel Geale KO% 47.06
• Osumanu Adama KO% 62.96
• Matthew Macklin KO% 54.05
• Curtis Stevens KO% 62.5
• Nobuhiro Ishida KO% 28.21
• Grzegorz Proksa KO% 63.64
• Gabriel Rosado KO% 41.94
• Makoto Fuchigama KO% 38.71
• 51.2 Average KO % of Select Opponents

Ruslan Provodnikov

• Jose Luis Castillo KO% 71.25**
• Chris Algieri KO% 38.1
• Mike Alvarado KO% 60.53
• Timothy Bradley KO% 35.29
• Jose Reynoso KO% 13.64
• David Torres KO% 50
• Demarcus Corley KO% 38.46
• Ivan Popoca KO% 55.56
• Vyacheslav Yakovenko KO% 11.11
• Mauricio Herrera KO% 26.92
• 40.0 Average KO % of Select Opponents

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

• Bryan Vera KO% 43.75
• Sergio Martinez KO% 50
• Andy Lee KO% 66.67
• Marco Antonio Rubio KO% 76.12
• Peter Manfredo Jr. KO% 44.68
• Sebastian Zbik KO% 31.25
• Billy Lyell KO% 13.89
• John Duddy KO% 58.06
• Troy Rowland KO% 25
• Jason LeHoullier KO% 27.59
• 43.6 Average KO % of Select Opponents

Please Feel Free To Do Your Own Statistics of Whatever Boxer You Think Has an Iron Chin.

Discuss.D:

Obviously Froch has faced the biggest puncher's of the 4 GGG comes in second so they seem to have pretty Solid Chins.
However, Are Chavez and Ruslan's chins really that great since their opponents for the most part are kind of feather fisted.:think


* AA's KO rate was around 80% when he fought Froch, obviously his power has diminished with age.
** Castillo's rate should obviously be questioned because isn't the old Castillo anymore.

 

Yeah I know, You live in Florida its late, give me a break. I've been knee deep in Japanese Flyweights their names all run together, I was going to put an * next to a few including Castillo's.

 

I'm Gung Ho 100% GGG when he's fighting every Middleweight except for Lemieux and Khytrov then its 50/50 for both, and if its Froch, then GGG gets 0% support from me.:conf If its Ward I'm back to 100%.:good

 

I said it wasn't an exact science, and already pointed out most of what you said in the OP, but its as good as just speculating like most of you guys do. The fact is Froch has fought the hardest punchers statistically speaking and his chin has held up pretty well, GGG is decent to solid, and Julio's chin has only been tested recently and its good and Ruslan on the other hand has fought light hitting guys so it really still a huge question mark isn't it..

 

:think