Boxers with iron chins?

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I say Holmes had a good chin.
     
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  2. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    :-o
     
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  3. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    Chuvalo
    Oliver McCall (the best chin ever probably)
    Some old timer very bad boxer but he was extremely chinned he was nicknamed "iron man" and even Bob Fitzsimmons couldn't KO him if I'm right, later on he did get some KO losses.
    But he had no boxing skills or anything else besides his chin.
    George foreman
    Sanchez
    David Tua
    Ike
    Amir Khan (haha)
     
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  4. Hands of Iron

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    Graham
    Hagler
    LaMotta
     
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  5. hookfromhell

    hookfromhell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tyson, McCall, Foreman,Holyfield, Bowe,Mercer Young, De La Hoya imo, Hopkins, Tua
    , Morales. Shout out to Mayweather not quite iron, granite
    maybe.
     
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  6. RememberingC.S.

    RememberingC.S. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano; Corrie Sanders; Dereck Chisora (yes) ; Ruslan Chagaev; but the most impressive chin ever belongs to Vitaly Klitschko, granitic.
     
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  7. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Sanders only showed a good chin against Vitali, who is more of a heavy-handed accumulation puncher when he faces top-class competition.

    He was dropped by Rahman twice and taken out by a single shot from Nate Tubbs.

    Now this is an iron chin. Look at how many clean shots he takes from Lewis.


    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-nNsAFWcX4[/ame]
     
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  8. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wayne Mc Cullaghs chin is as good as anyone who ever stepped into the ring
     
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  9. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCVlVFPDREw[/ame]
     
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  10. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At There Peak some tough guys

    Merqui Sosa

    Marcos Geraldo

    Joe Grimm (knocking him dowm was one think...keeping him there quite another matter)

    Kevin Finnegan

    Cesar Soto

    Doug Dewitt
     
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  11. mcvey

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    Beat me to it, eh.
     
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  13. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What is the definition of an 'iron chin'?

    I would say George Chuvalo had an 'iron chin'; I would say Larry Holmes had an 'OK chin', but excellent powers of recovery when hurt and indeed, floored.
     
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  14. RememberingC.S.

    RememberingC.S. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wow! That guy is impressive, i didn't know him! By the way, when he putted Lennox to the ropes, LL would have gone down without his dirty triks, grab grab and rabbit punches... like in many of his other matches; Probably Lennox is, with Wladimir, the champion with the most disadvantage between power, damage output, and chin; his loss to Mc Call is ever shocking!
     
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  15. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Marcos Villasana
    Wayne McCullough
     
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