The Best Chins Ever!!!

good stuff!

 

Why doesn't Gerry Penalosa ever land on these lists?

Ben Tackie's ability to absorb flush punches to the head and body was almost frightening. Tsyu was landing full blooded power punches on Tackie jaw at will and 'Wonder' kept cruising nonchalantly forward. The punishment Tackie took from Hatton, Tsyu, Lazcano, Teddy Ried, Robert Garcia, etc. etc. etc without ever even getting visibly buzzed HAS to get him on this list.

And how about Juan Laporte. He fought: Nelson, Lockridge, Pedroza, Sanchez, McGuigan, Tsyu, Chavez, Gomez, Reid, and about a billion other guys and was only stopped once.

These chin lists are always too heavyweight centric

 

Marvin Hagler and Jake Lamotta had the best chins ever.

 

James Lights Toney

From 160 to Heavyweight. Never stopped. Took bombs off 250 pound Sam Peter

 

You are right about McCall. Even with all the cocaine he smoked his chin never faltered.

 

How the fighters I have seen

1. Jake Lamotta
2. Marvin Hagler
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Aaron Pryor
5. Rocky Marciano
6. Julio Cesar Chavez
7. Henry Armstrong
8. Barney Ross
9. Ken Buchanan
10. Carmen Basilio

Again..these are the guys who I have seen. Some of them have been stopped a/o knocked down but each of them has shown and amazing ability to take punishment and not flinch.

 

Having Marciano and no Oliver McCall is a joke.

 

Honorable mention.
Billy Graham
Jack Dillon
Joey Maxim
Maxie Rosenbloom
Carmen Basilio

 

It's not bold at all. It's very logical and easy to back up. Took some of the biggest punches from some of the biggest punchers of all time, never stopped, dropped or hurt. That's McCall in a nutshell.

 

Good choices. Tackie would definitely be one of my picks. In Jin Chi had an insane chin as well.

Anyone want to argue for Librado Andrade?

 

Another good choice. Now that he's older he's had to absorb a lot more of the force of the punch, and has still not been badly knocked down or stopped, barring the Johnson fight donkey's years ago.

 

That Battling Nelson guy was pretty rugged: http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/nelson-b.htm

Ad Wolgast was, too: http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/wolgast.htm :smoke

 

Wolgast had some help in Jack Welch.I watched Welch pick him up and count out Joe Rivers yesterday, naughty stuff.:nono