1. Glass chin (No Explanation): 2. Okay chin(Most knock downs are off balance problems, but these fighters have good recoverability): 3. Good chin; Could get knocked down, but hard to really keep down/Could probably take good shots, punishment for prolonged periods of time in a fight: 4. Really good chin; you could hurt them but you probably won't put them down. Even if you get the TKO, it would be with them standing: 5. Great chin, corner/ref has to stop the fight for the fighters' own good/The fighter hardly shows signs of being hurt with hard punches landing on him: 6. Granite chin (Would die standing): 7. God Status (Defense too good/Barely gets hit/May retire without a KO):
I will start: 1. Glass chin (No Explanation): Amir Khan 2. Okay chin(Most knock downs are off balance problems, but these fighters have good recoverability): Gamboa 3. Good chin; Could get knocked down, but hard to really keep down/Could probably take good shots, punishment for prolonged periods of time in a fight: JM Marquez 4. Really good chin; you could hurt them but you probably won't put them down. Even if you get the TKO, it would be with them standing: Malignaggi 5. Great chin, corner/ref has to stop the fight for the fighters' own good/The fighter hardly shows signs of being hurt with hard punches landing on him: Brandon Rios 6. Granite chin (Would die standing): Froch, Kessler, Mosley 7. God Status (Defense too good/Barely gets hit/May Retire without a KO): Mayweather, Hopkins
The lack of options between 1 and 2 make this impossible. But I'll play. Going by current/most recent form: 1. Khan 2. Rigondeaux and Cunningham 3. Marquez and Pacquiao; used to be a 5 pre-KO6 4. Judah 5. Wladimir; used to be a 1 or 2 years ago 6. Vitali and Hopkins; would be a 7 if not for the two hard Pascal KD's 7. Mayweather
Option number 7 doesn't really rank the chin, but the defensive skill of the fighter. Mayweather would be the obvious choice here, but I doubt anyone would say he has a better chin than Mosley.
I agree, that's why I named it god status, not really chin department. Prime Mosley's chin is like some element from another planet. The shots he took from De La Hoya in their 2000 fight while barely blinking, was scary to say the least.
Mosely's chin is indeed insane, and has never shown signs of cracking. Toney's is the same. And then there's Oliver McCall, from whom all chinamatium originates.
