Rate the top Heavyweights chins

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  1. yesihavearm2

    yesihavearm2 ESB Chinchecker Full Member

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    This isn't a thread to debate who the top heavyweights are, this is just my opinion. This is a thread to discuss, debate and rank the top heavyweight candidates punch resistance.

    In no particular order I feel the top heavyweights at the moment are:
    Fury
    Wlad
    Wilder
    Povetkin
    Joshua
    Haye


    Rank these heavyweights in order from best to worst chin, I will post my list later on after some more thought.


    Thoughts?
     
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  2. SmackDaBum

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    Povetkin
    Fury
    Wlad
    Joshua
    Haye
    Wilder
     
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  3. andrewa1

    andrewa1 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Duhaupas and Wach are probably #1 and #2 in either order.

    In your grouping:
    Povetkin
    Wlad
    Fury
    Joshua
    Haye
    Wilder
    But honestly, they are all close to each other, I don't see big differences.
     
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  4. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agreed. Neither of them could take the beating that Wach took from Wlad and Povetkin.

    All were dropped or hurt as a pro, most of them were stopped/dropped in the amateurs too.

    Neither has glass chin, too.
     
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  5. SmackDaBum

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    Wach is the man. But with Duhaupas I see more of a guy with low output from a sheltered guard with a wide power stance.
     
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  6. yesihavearm2

    yesihavearm2 ESB Chinchecker Full Member

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    I agree with Durhaupas and Wach, but they are easy to distinguish. I posted those names because not only do I think they are the top fighters in the division, but also I feel they are ranked closely in terms of punch resistance.

    I think we can safely say that none of the top HW's have a great chin, which is strange.
     
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  7. SmackDaBum

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    It's strange that huge fighters of today all can crack almost any chin in the history of the sport, besides maybe Wach and Valuev?!
     
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  8. catchwtboxing

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    Wach
    Povetkin
    Duhaupas

    No one else of note.

    Duhaupas has a good beard, but Helenius is shot from shoulder/hand injuries, and Wilder's power is dramatically overated,
     
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  9. andrewa1

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    It is strange, actually. Good point. Most era's in HW history has at least one ATG with a great chin.
    K era: Vitali
    Lewis et al era: Holyfield, Foreman (some would say Tyson too)
    Holmes era: Holmes
    60-70's: Ali
    50's: Marciano
     
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  10. SmackDaBum

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    A human chin can only take so much.

    Vitali were not as tested as Wladimir. He was tall and akward. When Sanders landed his money shot, he couldn't execute that opportunity.

    I'm sure Vitali would have being dropped some time if he fought against the likes of Wladimir, Joshua, or a younger Lewis.

    You need power, reach and skill to reach Vitali.

    Just count the number of times Povetkin took huge shots compared to Vitali.

    Small men with skills takes way more power shots than tall men with skills.
     
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  11. turnip

    turnip Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ortiz seems to have good Chops. Good power and speed skill .dangerous bloke.
     
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  12. Slavic Fighter

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  13. Serge

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    Wach has never been down, Duhaupas has though. Wach was hurt briefly against Wlad albeit not like he was about to get dropped or anything, in the 7th or 8th round IIRC when Wlad really opened up on him and clocked him with a series of huge shots (which I think was towards the end of the round), and Povetkin rocked him at the end of the 6th round with a big right hand flush on the chin. He wasn't hurt but he definitely felt the shot right down to his boots and it wobbled him a bit. I don't recall ever seeing him close to going down in any of the fights I've seen of his though.
     
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  14. Slavic Fighter

    Slavic Fighter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I watched those fights closely and it's astonishing how good his chin is. If someone elite like Klitschko and Povetkin hit you like that at the heavyweight division (more like super heavyweight division in fact), you should be going out or at least hit the ground. It's only thanks to his chin that he survived in those two fights, his skills are extremely inferior to those two.

    If I could have any attribute from any fighter, I'd have Wach's chin.
     
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  15. Serge

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    Yeah, if there's one thing he can do it's take a hell of a shot. Very few fighters would be able to remain vertical after shipping some of the shots Wlad and Povetkin clocked him with, especially the amount of them he took.
     
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