ATG Middleweight Chin Tier list-The Top Forty

Nunn is a clear 'Solid'
McCallum can't be anything but 'Titanium'

 

Maybe you can include Amir Khan in the list - just to take the edge off the Jones rating.

 

The left hook that Jackson rocked McCallum with in the first round caught him right on the temple and for about 15 seconds he was wobbly but clearly thinking his way through the situation. Jackson lost the fight right then and there. He couldn't hit McCallum any harder than that and as a knockout fighter like Jackson, I can't think of a worse feeling than hitting a guy with your best shot and having him walk through it.

It would be interesting to see how many of the other 160 Titanium guys could have got through that moment. All my years of watching boxing, I never saw a better puncher than Jackson and he didn't lose again for another seven years after the McCallum fight.

 

Yeah i have no argument against titanium and did predict it. I'll be the odd one out i reckon.

 

Seconded.

Nunn had a decent chin I think, but has suffered from the Toney loss as people seemed to forget it was his only stoppage loss. He didn't fight many punchers, and was probably KOed by the best of them, but I think he took enough shots off guys like Barkley and Sosa to say it was serviceable.

McCallum took some huge shots off some huge punchers, too. Jones and Jackson between them could've knocked an elephant out but not McCallum. Certified Titanium.

 

No problem with that. It's tough to evaluate because there are so many factors like strength of competition, defensive skill and fighting style.

 

Turpin is simply solid for me. There is no shame in being knocked out by Robinson but I don't see any reason to rate him higher than that especially with him getting in the first round by Mitri.

 

A couple of flash KD's at LH, and a questionable KD at the weight are really all the blemishes against him. Was briefly wobbled by Jackson at 154, but roared back to stop him in a hurry.

Gotta go titanium in this case.

 

Another Solid for me.

 

Abrams was stopped aged just 19 vs the unremarkable Jimmy Jones.

He wasn't stopped in his next 41 fights, over more than 9-years, despite facing decent or better punchers Charley Burley, SRR, Tony Zale, Lou Broulliard, Steve Belloise and Marcel Cerdan.

Belloise later stopped him, as did Anton Raadik, though they were 2 of his last 3 fights, his surviving of respectable puncher Fred Apostoli sandwiched between the 2.

Its possible his excellent defense was hiding a less than iron chin during his 9-year prime run, but I'll give him the benefit of doubt and say 41-fights without being stopped against that quality of decent+ punching opposition, means he just scrapes into iron territory for me.

 

Turpin - Solid.