Most underrated chins in boxing history

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  1. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    News flash - Benn won all those fights!

    That glass China jaw!
     
  2. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd like to see you take 200 of Chris Eubanks 1991 175+lb full-force punches and suggest there was nothing too hard about them.
     
  3. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Couldn't hurt a fly, let alone Mark Ant

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  4. Greb & Papke 707

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    Don’t know if it’s technically underrated , but I don’t see Ray Mercers beard get mentioned on here a lot and he could take a damn beating
     
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  5. Italian Stallion

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    Before Lewis got to him, Golota had a pretty solid chin.
     
  6. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Eubank stopped Benn and only landed a few hard shots, Eubank`s power was overrated, not all his shots were hard, a lot of his punches v Benn were just jabs and he backed off on the backfoot the whole fight, g-man punched harder than Eubank but missed a lot of his shots because of Benn`s head movement, he had Benn out cold early on.
     
  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He capitulated a lot easier than some of Bowe and Vitali`s opponents.
     
  8. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm not even reading that. Have a day off.
     
  9. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eubank was a correct puncher (from foot), meaning every punch was hard.
     
  10. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Nigel Benn - Have to agree with most of the points above, no he couldn't hold a shot in the same regard as a Eubank or Steve Collins but he wasn't in any means chinny as I've seen some make out in the past.

    Chris Eubank Sr - Everyone in the UK realises that this bloke's head was made out of cement but when seeing numerous "best chin threads" I often don't see him immediately mentioned. Hard as nails.

    Lennox is another who has a better chin than some would like to believe.
     
  11. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eubank had the best chin we've seen in boxing.
     
  12. McGrain

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    Francisco Rodriguez Jnr.
    Juan Francisco Estrada
    Kohei Kono
    Ebihara Hiroyuki

    And just generally superflys and below with good chins.
     
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  13. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    The bloke was pure granite.
     
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  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    No, he could be heavy handed and clearly punched harder than Watson, but he threw a lot of jabs in between moving a lot.
     
  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Hagler proved his chin v Hearns, Roldan and Mugabi, Ali proved his chin v Shavers and Foreman, the left hook that dropped Ali in the 15th v Frazier was devastating as was the right hand that Shavers dropped Holmes with.