The Greatest Chin of All-Time?

erik morales.
haven't he have a granite chin after facing the likes of zaragoza,mccullough, espadas, junior jones,prime kelley,chi,ayala,and mab until he faced pac.
if he had'nt he would have the greatest chin of all time.:good

 

Honorable mention for Nicolai Valuev.

 

nobody took a flush heavyweight shot like george chuvalo
i've seen them all since 1958

 

No, because Morales was wobbled plenty of times. He would always just fight back. Morales chin isn't nearly as good as McCullough.

 

Valuev doesn't seem to bothered in the slightest sense by taking flush combinations on his giant head. But his chin hasn't been tested to the degree that Chuvalo's and McCall's have been. But i can't see Valuev getting stopped by a punch.

 

McCall fought much bigger fighters than Chuvalo.

Marion Wilson.
Ross Puritty.

 

I'd say a highkick can be more powerful than a haymaker. It all depends on the person using the technique.

It's very provable that a kick is more powerful than a punch based on the amount of weight and force behind each strike. I've trained in Muay Thai for a few years, and I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that a well thrown kick from the same fighter will always be more powerful than a well thrown punch. That is a fact.

But in this discussion, you really can't compare a trained boxer's punches to a MMA fighter's kicks. MMA fighters tend not to master anything, but have good enough skills in alot of different areas to compete. That's why a MMA will never do as well in a boxing ring using boxing rules against a trained boxer. Nor will they do as well in a Judo ring against a pure Judo practitioner using Judo rules.

A boxer's punches will generally be far more powerful than a MMA's punches. The MMA fighter's kicks may or may not be stronger than a boxer's punch because they tend to throw their kicks with poor technique (again, they tend know enough to use that technique, but not enough to master it). That's why their leg kicks aren't that great to me. If a Muay Thai fighter kicks you in the leg, and you're not trained to take it, you're going down or walking with a serious limp. As for taking a head kick and keep going... that's insanely rare in Muay Thai. And these are fighters who are trained in the art form. A solid kick to the head will put anyone down for the count. The fact that this guy can take it head kick in MMA, isn't not really a testament to his chin, but a testament to the poor technique MMA's use sometimes. This also applies to knee strikes.

So I'd say comparing chins between these artforms isn't a good comparison at all.

 

oliver mccall
mitch blood green
and marion wilson

they are chisled out of rock

 

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My avatar was pretty tough

 

McCall
Toney
Tua
Ali (down, but never KO'ed).

 

Greatest chin?

My vote has to go to Jay Leno.

 

They WERE KO shots. Even though McCall was letting his hands down he was actually trying not to get caught by them and he was frustrated as hell. Imagine how he felt. His opponent was putting on a clinic and he didn't have the skills to do anything at all. Thats why he broke down. He got nailed with some nasty shots.

 

i have always given the chin award to jake lamotta though i see a bunch on here whom have excellent ones.

 

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