Feather Fisted Fighters Who Have Affected Iron Chins

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  1. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    The toughest fighters. Sometimes precision goes a long, long way.

    I always found Byrd hurting both Ike and Tua to the body, visibly, hilarious.

    Griffith decking Dick Tiger with a jab.

    Ali wasn't a light hitter exclusively but more then one fighter claimed he didn't hit too terribly hard. Yet he was the only one to ever stop both the iron chinned Foreman and Bonavena.

    Malignaggi supposedly buzzed Lovemore N'dou a bit, who's never been stopped and only down once early in his career I believe.
     
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  2. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Reggie Johnson wasn't a massive puncher but he hurt Toney more then anyone else ever did, even heavyweight bangers.
     
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  3. he grant

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    Ali / Liston 2 still stinks to this day ...

    Nunn / Kalamby shocked me ...
     
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  4. janitor

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    Tommy Loughran outslugged a few durable fighters when he had to.
     
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    An ounce of punching technique is worth a pound of power.
     
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  6. PowerPuncher

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    He was called 'Lights out Toney' for a reason
     
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  7. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Emile Griffith flooring Dick Tiger in their 1st fight. It allways mystified that Tiger just walked through the bombs of a good punchers like Henry Hank and Jose Torres, shrugging off their blows, but Griffith was able to deck him.
    Boxing is a strange, and hard to figure out,... sport.
     
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  8. scartissue

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    Rocky Castellani dropping Sugar Ray for a '9' count.
    Sammy Angott stopping Ike Williams (although I believe it was from body blows)
    Gianfranco Rosi KOing Duane Thomas

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  9. TheGreatA

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    He didn't put anyone's lights out at heavyweight though.

    Toney staggering Peter was indeed a great moment in my opinion as well.

    Not sure if I'd call Bob Pastor's chin iron since he was down more than a couple of times but he was fairly durable yet Billy Conn destroyed him and knocked him out. No one else aside from Joe Louis ever stopped Pastor.
     
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  10. Sister Sledge

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    Ahem! Did you see him fight Holyfield. Toney ktfo'd him.
     
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  11. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Seemed more like an ancient Holyfield was just too tired to continue fighting and went down from body punishment.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF3rEriUE6o
     
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  12. good right hand

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    two that always made me wonder,

    doug dewitt against sambu kalambay. dewitt with one of the more sturdier chins in recent history.

    barkley getting dropped by michael olajide and a blown up roberto duran.

    emanuel augustus getting knocked out by allen vester. they have the end of the fight on you tube, its very controversial.

    foreman who has one of the greatest chins in heavyweight history was floored by the very good boxing jimmy young.
     
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  13. RDJ

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    Fantastic quote, I'll start using that in the training section if you don't mind.
     
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  14. My2Sense

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    Willie Ritchie making both Ad Wolgast and Mexican Joe Rivers say "No mas."

    He also had Freddie Welsh on the deck.
     
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  15. zadfrak

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    Calvin Grove 1 punching Fenech and putting him in a heap/Ottke dropping Mundine. The rapid deterioration of Don curry and seeing him bothered by those Jacquot punches was another big shocker.
     
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