Middleweight with the hardest chin?

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  1. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    who in your opinion has the toughest chin in the middleweight division of all times?

    for me, it's james toney, he was knocked down a couple of times and got up. never really knocked out.
     
  2. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  3. Dave's Top Ten

    Dave's Top Ten Active Member Full Member

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    Toney? How about Hagler who fought bigger punchers than Lights Out and was NEVER down (dismissing the slip againt Roldan)
     
  4. Doppleganger

    Doppleganger Southside Slugger Full Member

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    Well Hagler was never properly floored at all and he took the best punches of some of the biggest punchers in MW history. It's Hagler for me. The right hand he took from Thomas Hearns in round 1 that bent his leg through 90 degrees is his defining moment, chin-wise.
     
  5. JohnThomas1

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    Monzon, Lamotta was scary tough too.
     
  6. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I thought that you would pick Marvin.....was Monzon really harder to put down then Hagler you think ? :think
     
  7. JohnThomas1

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    I think Monzon is prolly the most durable 160 ever, would you say he'd be easy to stop? Look at the guys he fought, and the times he fought them. Guys like Briscoe and Valdez.
     
  8. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Toney's been out on his feet before. Happened all of once, but it happened.

    McClellan needs to be mentioned... His fights with Jackson.

    Even against Benn he basically was beaten to death before he went down.
     
  9. Tuavale

    Tuavale Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ever? Easy! Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Due your due diligence and you'll understand!:smoke
     
  10. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    that's my opinion. i respect yours.
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  11. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah, Lamotta had a chin and a half. With the beating he took from Robinson on the saint valentines day masacre, you would have thought he would go down. But for me, its Hagler.
     
  12. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Two names , Lamotta, Hagler.
     
  13. ThePlugInBabies

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    bloody hell, two pages in on this subject and not one mention of chris eubank, for shame.
     
  14. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not Hagler or LaMotta......
     
  15. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    For me it would be between Tiger and LaMotta at MW with Hagler and Greb third and fourth.