Calzaghe V Froch............Who got the best chin?

I would say Froch, JC has hardly been hit and has still been put down a few times. On Saturday night Froch took some hard shots and didn't look anywhere near going down...

 

'sup Flint, couldn't you work out how to do a poll??

 

Can't really say.

Calzaghe has been decked four times, but has faced a much superior level of opposition.

 

Exactly, Calzaghe has been in against punchers like Eubank,Kessler,Lacy,Hopkins and Jones(over the hill I know but he can still punch) Once Froch has faced boxers at that level we can make a comparison.

 

Calzaghe, he's faced harder punchers, and better fighters and you can count the number of times on one hand he's been hurt, and he recovers amazingly well.

People are acting like Froch is Hagler in there. He was stunned a couple of times. Very good chin no doubt, but lets get some perspective and see what happens.

 

Kessler I felt hurt Calzaghe pretty bad in the fourth, he was clinging for a bit but recovered well - it was probably what kicked him into life in that fight.

 

Kessler hit Calzaghe a lot harder than Hopkins did when he knocked him down. I think he was hurt far worse. The only difference was Hopkins caught him cold in round 1 when he's not got a feel for taking shots, and the shot was sneaky. He didn't see that one at all.

People need to watch Froch closely. He was stunned briefly on Saturday a few times. He's got a very good chin considering the number of clean punches he takes but he's not unhurtable. If a puncher like Kessler was hitting him with that number of shots I say he goes down and maybe out. I'm not convinced it matches Andrade's.

 

I'd say he was hurt about three times probably.

Kessler has a jab like a piston and will most likely frustrate him with it for a short while, then get the straight right and the uppercut (which is underused) into action as Froch leaves himself open.

I wouldn't bother standing and fighting with Froch, I would draw him forward.

 

Hard to say but I'd be tempted to say Calzaghe...some of the wars he's been in and not even flinched...yes he's been down 4 times (in a career spanning twice as many fights as froch) but has recovered well everytime and faced bigger punchers.

We'll see though! If froch keeps the title long enough to face a big puncher.

 

I think he had his polling rights revoked due to over using them in Enzo Macc threads.

Joe has the more proven chin, and we know it's first rate. Froch's chin is clearly good but has he really been hit that hard? Pascal is not noted as a particularly big hitter, yet Froch looked uncomfortable several times.

The way Froch got tagged cleanly, and often, leads me to believe he will probably get stopped at some point in his career. His chin may well be theoretically and technically better than Joe's, but there's more to it than that.
When Joe gets hit hard and is hurt (as he was against Kessler) he makes subtle changes to his style and ups his game. Froch's approach seems to be fight fire with fire, which results in him shipping more punches than needed. This will take it's toll as the level of opponent increases, and I feel his chin will ultimately not be quite as good as it seems to be at the moment.

 

Froch has had 1 title fight... Calzaghe 20 odd. In the first 20 f those joe was down twice. At the moment I'd give Joe the nod but Carl could go on to show more.

 

Both got good chins.

But joe has been tonked a few times and shook up.

 

Froch was shaken up by Pascal, Pascal isn't the hardest puncher in the world! Calzaghe even though he has been down a few times he has remarkable punch resistence and can recover in a heartbeat. So as far as i can see Calzaghe has the best chin.​