ATG Middleweight Chin Tier list-The Top Forty

Griffith at solid/iron for me.

This is getting more difficult. I thought Rubin Carter also inflicted a quick KO on Griffith too?

 

Well I’ll go iron for Griffith then.

 

Stone chin on Emile, but not quite granite. I dunno, maybe shale?

It's not an official category but Emile is the poster boy for falling in between solid and iron categories.

Gun to head, would probably say solid, though.

 

Griffith is a lock for Iron to me, but it’s hard to tell because he was good at not being hit. To me if you’re only KO losses come from a Sunday punch at the hands of Carter or a beating from Monzon who contests for 1# 160lber you’ve got whiskers. I know we shouldn’t consider their 147lbs work but early in his career he fought Florentino Fernandez a TV fighter through and through really a big middleweight, a huge bull who went on to splatter LHW champion Jose Torres - Griffith had a year and a half of professional practice, still hadn’t fully developed into a capable inside fighter and took some evil shots in that one trying to figure it out. Highly suggest watching Emile’s very early stuff.

 

I'm going solid for Emile. I think his defensive skill was more of a factor in his low ko against percentage than his chin.

 

No question Griffiths would be iron at WW and even at LMW.

I could see him at solid or iron at MW.

To avoid sitting on the offence, I'll plump for solid. Carter could hit, but that KO1 hurts him here.

 

I could see an argument for Iron, but Solid seems to fit well.

 

Top Tier.
His style was so uncompromisingly physical,he was usually in his opponents wheelhouse.

 

Griffith's was solid the Carter blow out was probably an anomaly but it cannot be discounted.

 

Lytell gave lumps of weight away to lhvy's ,some as good as Doc Williams,Moore ,and Johnson.Probably his chin was top drawer.Golovkin has met some excellent bangers,he too is top drawer. You are making this very tough with your picks!
The problem I have when assessing chins is to take into account the fighter's style .Is he a defensive cutie who rarely has to absorb the full impact of a shot? Or is he perhaps an easier guy to tag, like say Lamotta? Duran had a fine set of whiskers but how much was that due to him being able to turn his head and lessen the impact? Hope I'm not muddying the waters here?