great chinned fighters vs devasting punchers with not so good chins

Marvellous Marvin Hagler KO of John Mugabi

 

Eh? Mugabi soaked up some absolutely whopping punishment before the stoppage - which was because he had nothing left, not because his chin didn't hold up.

 

Jake Lamotta v Bob Satterfield :good

 

George foreman v Ron Lyle

 

Wladimir Klitschko vs Ray Mercer

 

Probably not a good one, but Abraham v Miranda?

 

Mike McCallum against Julian Jackson. I don't think Jackson's chin was bad, it was okay, but certainly levels below Mike's chin.

Ray Mercer against Tommy Morrison.

 

Sanchez vs Gomez

Wilfredo's chin is sure not glass but it wasn't rock either. His durability was headlined by tremendous heart and fighting spirit.

 

Julio Cesar Chavez's sickening beatdown of Edwin Rosario. Rosario's chin was alright, Chavez could take a great shot with his abnormally sized cranium.

Chavez's wins over Roger Mayweather can also apply.

Tommy Hearns's chin was sort of shaky, more so when he got up to 160. He often gets more flack for it than I think is fair, but certainly it's not top of the line. He knocked out a great chinned fighter in Roberto Duran, but lost to guys with terrific chins like Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler.

An old Muhammad Ali was fortunate to retain his title on points against Earnie Shavers. More than any fight I think, Ali showed his ability to take hard shots to the head (Zaire and Manila showed more of his great ability to take body shots IMO).

Felix Trinidad was knocked down pretty often, the only ones I thought he was hurt were Cortes, Hopkins, and Jones (maybe Vargas as well). Sometimes it was balance issues, overall I'd say his chin was average. Yori Boy Campas had a great chin, but unfortunately **** defense. Tito teed off on Campas and nearly knocked his head off, that last left hand was vicious. Ricardo Mayorga had a great chin, but got hit so many times by Trinidad. Eventually though, it took a body shot to first put Mayorga to the canvas.

Jose Luis Castillo & Diego Corrales's two fights.

 

i WAS THINKING ABOUT mUGABI RECENTLY.

(OOPS, CAPS)

Did Hagler ruin him? Did subsequent drops back to 154 (the Norris blowout comes to mind) leave him with nothing left? Just surprised at how easy he was to blow away (McClellan did as well) post-Hagler, even though he looked sturdy in that fight.

I guess his psyche was gone after he was undefeated.

 

Ali vs Norton(not a devastating puncher but very good puncher).
Barrera vs Jones
Duran vs Hearns
Mccallum vs Curry(not glass but slightly below average)
Chavez vs Mayweather
Tex Cobb vs Shavers
J.Gonzalez vs Letterlough
Carbajal vs Chiquita
Lockridge vs Mayweather
Castro vs Norris
O Canizales vs Jones
Foreman vs Moorer
Foreman vs Morrison
Tua vs Rahman
Villasana vs J.Garza
Zack Padilla vs Mayweather
Ali vs Cooper
Ali vs WIlliams
Tyson vs Bruno
Holyfield vs Lewis
I can think of more thats just a quick reply but the best was an earlier post who mentioned Lamotta vs Satterfield. Also for whoever can't tell the the difference Great chins are named first BIg punchers weak chins second