Best Chin?

Chuvalo has to be one of the best, because he got hit flush on it by Foreman,Frazier,Quarry, and was not dropped
Ltheavy...Joey Maxim had a good one
Middle....Jake Lamotta had the best(GRANITE)..Hagler had the 2nd best and Monzon

 

Hagler's chin is definitely better than Monzon's, I'd say.

 

You're right. Chuvalo wasn't champ. I should've read more closely.

I change my vote to McCall for HW.

Stil a nod to Toney.

 

McCall
Tunney, anyone? (champ at heavyweight...)
LaMotta/Monzon/Greb

 

Heavy: Chuvalo

Light Heavy: Spinks deserves a mention IMO

Middle: LaMotta

 

It's hard to judge chins at heavyweight. Even a guy with a great chin can get knocked down or even out by a good shot from a 200 pound guy.
I'll say Muhammad Ali.

Billy Conn at light-heavyweight.

Jake LaMotta at middleweight.
(Hagler and Monzon are good alternative choices)

 

HW: Oliver McCall
LHW: Jack Dillon
MW: Carlos Monzon

 

Soruce? Corbett said Jeffries could not be hurt, not even with an ax. I doubt he dropped him in sparring. Fitz and Sharkey hit a ton, in 50+ rounds, they did not come close to scoring a knockdown.

 

Dropping a guy and hurting him are two different things.
I've read that Jeffries started sparring with Corbett when he was almost completely inexperienced, a rank novice. I'd be surprised if Corbett, the "dancing master", didn't put him down. Corbett should've been able to feint him off-balance and send him over with a mere tap, assuming Jeffries was as inexperienced as I've been led to believe.

 

Good shouts. Especially Tunney at his natural weight.

 

Tunney might have one of the most underrated chins around.

 

Best Chins?

How about:

Tommy Morrison
Wladimir Klitschko
Earnie Shavers

 

Jeffries was never off his feet in any profesional fight, pre Johnson, despite being thrown to the wolves early in his career and taking beatings from some helacious punchers.

I think his chin is at least top3 among the lineal heavyweight champions.

 

Well if all heavyweight champions past him faced as best punchers supermiddleweights and feather fisted lightheavies/cruisers who were at the wrong side of 30, i'd say they would look a lot better.

 

Although I respect Janitor's opinions, I have to agree with you Chris. Joe Choynski was a dangerous fighter to be sure, but he was basically about the size of the average modern day middleweight, and he managed to break Jeffries nose. Fitzsimmons was not a particularly big fighter nor in his best days, and he gave Jim a pretty good whipping too. James Jeffries is one of my favorite fighters and I've always respected his toughness, but to rate his chin over men who's durability have been far better tested over the evolution of the division is not appropriate.