Best Chin?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Which Champ in the following divisions had the best chin?

    Heavy
    LHeavy
    Middle
     
  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Heavy, Jeffries.

    175, Harry Greb

    160 Herry Greb.


    How about Ali, Kid Norfolk and Dick Tiger for secondry mentions?
     
  3. RoccoMarciano

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    Nah that Jeffries is way overrated. Now that second fellow you mention at HW couldn't throw a punch, but he sure had a penchant for taking them :lol:
     
  4. McGrain

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    Well it's said that the light hitting Corbett dropped the green version in sparring...
     
  5. RoccoMarciano

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    Corbett dropping Ali? Man I thought Ali's chin was better than that :lol:
     
  6. McGrain

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    He was very, very young when this happened.
     
  7. RoccoMarciano

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    You need to remember, some people just seem to exist outside of time.....
     
  8. McGrain

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    Yes, why worry about punch resistance when you can watch the pyramids being built? It's a wonder he even bothered with Frazier III.
     
  9. teeto

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    This is very hard to narrow down to one for each division , come on, it would be much easier to do a good few candidates for each , but i supose that's why this thread has been made!!

    I know you like the early part of the century McGrain, but i might have to disagree a little!!

    HW - Floyd Patterson! Kidding(obviously!) , i'm leaning towards Mercer , but there are contenders for this one.

    LHW - Greb , if forced to pick a champion/titlist then maybe Spinks - at 175

    MW - With this , and i feel strongly here, there have been great ones, really great ones, Hagler and Greb among them. But imo there is a cream of the crop which is Lamotta, he took the blows of many big-hitters (Bob Satterfield!) , but it is rounds 11 and 12 of the Roinson number6 fight that he proved it to me that it's hard to pick against him. I'd feel the same if we were discussing Wayne McCullough.
     
  10. SteveO

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    George Chuvalo.

    James Toney gets a nod, too.
     
  11. RoccoMarciano

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    You know what I'm referring to.
     
  12. McGrain

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    ;)
     
  13. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Heavy-Chuvalo
    Lightheavy-can't make up mind.
    Middle-Hagler/LaMotta
     
  14. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    I'd take McCall over Chuvalo, honestly.

    Took Lewis's shots better than Chuvalo did Foreman or Fraziers, in my opinion.
     
  15. Bokaj

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    Chuvalo might have had the best chin of all HW:s, but the question pertained to champs, didn't it? In that case old George Foreman probably gets the nod. He just seemed impossible to put down.

    When it cames to middweights Hagler has to be right up there. I mean Hearns busted what might be the best right hand p4p on his face and he just got pissed off. Even a warrior like Hearns must have pissed himself when he saw that. LaMotta should probably be mentioned as well. "You never got me down, Ray. You never got me down."