the Greatest Chin of all time.

I was waiting for someone to bring op Britton - holder of boxing's longest streak of fights, 348, without a single KO/TKO defeat. That's more than the combined careers of Hagler, Chuvalo, McCall and LaMotta!

Joe Lynch was never stopped in 158 fights.
Neither was Jimmy Goodrich in 196 fights.

And how about Memphis Pal Moore? In a 256-fight career (including 37 fights against 14 different world champions) he had only a single TKO against him... when he had to retire with a broken arm!

 

Good list above, but when all is said and done, maybe it was Harry Greb
who had the best set of whiskers, because asidev from the kayo by the
heavier and much more experienced Joe Chip in Greb's first year he was
never stopped in 300 fights against great and HEAVIER Hall Of Famers
that all of the above boxers never had to contend with...Yes it HAS
to be the truly amazing Harry Greb, who must have had to have the
greatest chin of them all...The records confirm this IMO...
A side note= I dont include the Kid Graves stoppage when Harry retired
from the bout in the 2nd round with a broken hand,when Greb was young.

 

How about Barry Michael.

Never down in 60 fights ranging from Feather to Jnr Welter and took the best good punchers like Lester Ellis,Earthquake Carter and Lennox Blackmore could dish out.

In his last fight he got the absolute **** punched out of him by Rocky Lockridge and remained upright throughout.

Not saying it was an ATG chin but it's at least an obscure very,very good one.

 

To name one, Hagler.

 

Was this chin or speed/defense though? Reports said Greb was fast and hard to hit clean. I rate the chin of someone who stands there and just eats leather, more so than a guy who avoids being hit.

 

What's even more crazy is that the only KO was in his second fight. At the time his opponent couldn't have realised it, but 348 fights later, that guy had serious barstool bragging rights!

 

JJ,very astute observation from you...Of course a guy like George Chuvalo, took bombs from heavyweights right on the button and survivedbut he was fighting guys his own weight class..
Harry Greb on the other hand ,because of his blazing foot speed was seldom in the same spot for a second, making him a difficulkt target to hit cleanly....
But as I have read,he more than any other top fighter in history, spotted
as many fighters, more weight in a 300 bout career...Occasionaly he was tagged by 15-50 pound heavier men, but obviously had the chin to shake it off .He was like a handicap horse spotting so much weight to other
great horses, and winning those races...For that reason [weight] I have
Greb Uno Numo....

 

In terms of sheer resistance to any kind of fire, Wayne McCullough.

Hagler was made from some kind of stuff, but he had good fundamentals and consequently rarely caught those chin scoopers; well taught hands and a hidden chin saw to that.

With McCullough, his head was always there, perched forward like a shield, and further still, he did not roll with the shots, even when getting splattered with the most extended of combination's; his chin did not take shelter but the power of the punches always died upon contact.

 

I think Dick Tiger's chin was the equal of Hagler's.

Also Chris Finnegan had an iron chin.

 

Camacho's chin was iron imo. LaMotta is my number one though, because of how proven it was, it was silly proven.

 

Jose Monon Gonzalez never gets a mention in these threads. Not the greatest of all-time, but an under-rated chin.

 

Arturo Gatti had a solid chin

 

Very good but he's not needed in this thread.

 

why not may i ask?

 

It's the greatest chins of all time. I just think that he straight up doesn't belong in that type of regard. His chin is great though, he took heavy blows from Oscar etc, and Ward unleashed plenty on him the first time round. He still dropped him though, i know he wasn't at his best also but Gomez stopping him? It was at the end of a career of hell so maybe it can be excused. But personally i just don't rate his chin with the likes of Hagler, LaMotta or McCullough. Maybe that's a **** excuse.