Fights Where Superior Chin Won The Day

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  1. Joe.Boxer

    Joe.Boxer Chinchecker Full Member

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    Great answers already.

    Hacine Cherifi vs Neville Brown (3 early knockdowns, Cherifi comes back to stop Brown in 6)

    Goyo Vargas vs Paul Hodkinson

    Kevin Kelley's first loss, to Gonzalez

    Ben Tackie vs Roberto Garcia

    Archie Moore showing incredible resilience to come back and outlast Yvon durelle.

    Toney-Littles (a relatively short, brutal example of skills won't pay the bills if the chin belongs in the bin)
     
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  2. Leonit

    Leonit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nice thread I have to say that for a chinchecker you are ok. Out of the examples I don't think that the JCC-Taylor was so much about the chin. It was more JCC committing more to his punches while completely destroying Taylor body in the process. Obviously his granite chin helped him a lot.
     
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  3. MetalMandible

    MetalMandible Chinchecker Full Member

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    I hesitated on that fight, as well, but not for the reasons you mention. JCC survived because he had an Iron Chin, even if Meldrick was always a bit reluctant to sit down on his punches in favor of speed. Why I almost didn't include that fight is because it shouldn't have been stopped. Taylor beat the count, he was up, and only two seconds were left. Regardless of how ****ed up he was, and it was majorly, two seconds didn't mean **** and Steele knew the time or roughly thereabouts. I erred on the side of caution, however, and listed it because Chavez got the **** beat out of him, survived via having an Iron Chin, and put Meldrick down because his Chin wasn't as solid. Either way, your analysis was correct. The body punching laid the groundwork for the knockdown because Meldrick did not have a Glass Jaw. Still one of my favorite fights of all-time, regardless of how shitty the ending was.:good
     
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  4. MetalMandible

    MetalMandible Chinchecker Full Member

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    Toney/Nunn is also a good example of this.
     
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  5. Leonit

    Leonit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah I'm watching the legendary nights right now I just love how they tell this particular story. The match up is really ATG. As for the stoppage it is an eternal discussion with Meldric not being able to answer to Steeler giving the former enough reason to 'save' JCC.
     
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  6. Leonit

    Leonit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    speaking about this Toney-Jirov also in a way. Toney never got hurt in the fight while Jirov got hurt a couple of times and got down in the last round
     
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  7. slugger3000

    slugger3000 You Mad Bro? Full Member

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    It was bait for Metalmandible!
     
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  8. timagen

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    Foreman/Moorer

    edit: my bad. I see you have it as number 5. How about Duran/Barkley?
     
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  9. slugger3000

    slugger3000 You Mad Bro? Full Member

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    Margarito-Cotto 1
     
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  10. MetalMandible

    MetalMandible Chinchecker Full Member

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    You too?:lol:

    I'm watching Legendary Nights,Leonard/Hagler, a fight I never fail to score differently nearly every time I watch it.

    Did you not read the OP? That was already listed, partner.

    Doesn't count, Margacheato had loaded wraps and that is irrefutable. Next.
     
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  11. timagen

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    Yeah, I read it...just buzzing...anyway...Hagler/Mugabi...Pavlik/Miranda
     
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  12. slugger3000

    slugger3000 You Mad Bro? Full Member

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    No proof! :hat You Mad?
     
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  13. Cellz831

    Cellz831 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    proof is pretty much every fight after he got caught he ended up getting his ass whooped.
     
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  14. Doc

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    Metal Mandible you **** on the weak chinned guys are the granite chin guys like your gods?
     
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  15. MetalMandible

    MetalMandible Chinchecker Full Member

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    Me too, heavily in fact. Glenlivet 21 here, what's your poison tonight?:think

    Excellent call on Hagler/Mugabi, by the way, one of the best fights I've seen and definitely a matter of Chin trumping all.

    This is the bottomline. 'Nuff said.

    I do not disparage all Glass Jawed fighters. In fact, Tommy Hearns, Tommy Morrison, Diego Corrales, and Nigel Benn all rank among my favorites.
     
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