I've always felt that Maxim had a LaMotta level or there abouts chin, but not many others seem to echo that sentiment.
I dont think thats an unreasonable statement in the slightest...But Lamotta is pretty much the benchmark for chin, so some may feel its a big call putting guys on that level.
Eh, again, I've got a slightly different opinion on LaMotta's chin then most, mostly revolving around his big size advantage over most opponents. I think a TRUE test of chin is going something along the likes of what we saw Wayne McCullough or even Cesar Soto do. Moving up in weight and meeting one of the biggest bangers of all time in a said weight division, like both did against Hamed. Out of a hundred I'd probably give LaMotta's a 92 or a 93. There's only a few that have better beards, but I'm adament in the fact that I don't feel he has the "OmgG best chin evar" like most of General.
Yeah fair call I think there are a few on Lamotta's level. I dont think you can definitively say he has the absolute clear cut best chin ever. Most people in general probably think Chuvalo is a mexican brand of car. (I do realise he was croatian but the name has a latin ring to it)
I do. Maxim was in against a lot more big punchers over the years. Besides a great chin, though, he was a very slippery defensive fighter with a lot of subtle moves.
He was in against some big punchers and did not wilt and beat Robinson and Patterson and fought Charles,Moore...watching the Patterson fight,I thought Joey won it clearly, it was not a prime Floyd but it was a past prime Maxim....Joey is underated
Joey Is underated....he was a very good fighter in a tough light-heavy era. I don't think SRR was a true lightheavy either. Lots of lightheavies from the 70's would have beat him IMO.
I agree with you on that. Maxim was only ko'ed one time, by Curtis Shepard early in hid career, and fought the guy again about a month later and beat him...that's almost unheard of, now or ever. He was clever, and didn't just thrust his chin out there to be hit, but he was quite resilient, and with all the fights he had, LaMotta, or no LaMotta, Maxim's chin ranks with the elite, as far as I'm concerned. As for his fight with SRR, it was said in an old edition of Boxing Illustrated that, maybe his strategy vs. SRR was to lay back and expend little energy, and if it was a deliberate strategy, then it was "diabollically effective".
