How many MWs had a better chin than GGG?

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  1. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Right on the button
     
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  2. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    How many match ups can you think of between two elite fighters who have had in excess of 40 fights (obviously over 60 for Clen), both fought a bare minimum of 20 + world title fights, have been pros for 16-17 years, and neither have ever been down? Surely that's got to be pretty rare?
     
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  3. Chitown

    Chitown Active Member Full Member

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    Bivol?? :meparto::meparto:

    Half his opponents took his shots. Sullivan is the only relevant opponent he's stopped and that was in the dead of the 12th round.
     
  4. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Hagler had the goat chin and he was also a better fighter than GGG, but GGG is f......g tough
     
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    Mod-Mania Boxing Addict Full Member

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    GGG has an ATG chin for sure, (as does Canelo) but Hagler proved his against better punchers.
     
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    Monzon was only briefly hurt by Briscoe, he wasn't down either
     
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    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    But he’s still a LHW and he was teeing off on Canelo.
     
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    IHeartButts New Member banned Full Member

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    Canelo punches couldn't even bother 130 pound Mayweather.
     
  9. Marcus S.

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    You can argue that Lamotta has a better chin than GGG. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre is a shining case for that.
     
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    No matter how good you want to believe Robinson was he was only a 140 pound fighter naturally.
     
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  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    How many super-middles had a better chin than him?
     
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    navigator "Billy Graham? He's my man." banned Full Member

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    Not even the best of my lifetime, by my estimation (granted, the second of these examples took place at 168 after Chris had moved up);

    Though it might've been Gerald ultimately took a punch too well for his own good, you don't eat multiple clean hits off Jackson and stay vertical/compos mentis if your beard isn't absolute granite.
     
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    Baneofthegame Active Member Full Member

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    GGG’s chin is GOAT tier, that flush right he ate from Canelo that shook Canelo himself was unreal.
     
  14. lobk

    lobk Original ESB Member Full Member

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    You are confused, can not land a punch does not equal to Mayweather eating a punch.
     
  15. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    this :deal: