Once Iron Chinned Fighters, Who Lost Their Durability?

Joe Grim. Likely the toughest man ever in Boxing, but even his body had to give in eventually. Read this:

https://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=81922

 

Happens to basically any fighter with too much faith in their chin.

Battling Nelson was KOed by the fantastic featherweight contender Owen Moran soon after losing the title.

 

Simon Brown comes to mind. Started suffering stoppage and ko losses late in his career.

 

Donovan razor ruddock.
Probably since Mike Tyson shattered his jaw in the second fight, he was pretty much not the same anymore.
Lewis and Morrison sent him to the canvas with relative ease. But during the 2 tyson war, he really showed a great chin.

 

Tex Cobb ... dropped by Gregg and bounced all over by Dee Collier (if this is true and not a dive) ...

Doug DeWitt

 

John Mugabi absolutely deserves a mention here.

 

Thanks. Stole my fighter right out from under me.
On account of that I now move on to another fighter who, maybe iron chinned isn't the correct quality to assign but completely losing the ability to take a shot late in his career certainly applies in my view. "Y'all Musta Forgot" about* Roy Jones Jr! Regarding what I wrote about whether "iron chinned" was applicable in Roy's case or not was due to there being a strong case for an argument that maybe it was more his speedy reflexes that helped him to roll with what looked like clean monstrous shots at the last possible instant than him actually taking legit monstrous clean shots. I'm kinda up in the air there.

*See what I did there, kids?

 

Ezzard Charles.

 

Marcos Geraldo

 

Mathew Saad is one .. ability to absorb punishment went fast

Livingstrone Bramble for sure .. prior to Rosario he was supposed to be impossible to hurt ..

 

Joe Frazier

 

I'm not sure about the Gregg knockdown, but supposedly against Collier, Tex was up the night before the fight drinking and doing cocaine, a sure recipe for disaster even when facing a journeyman like Collier.

 

Frank Fletcher
Sean OGrady
Tex Cobb
Bazooka Limon

 

Sam Peter