Top 10 chins p4p

Oh for ****'s sake. Ali again.

 

Ali's chin is barely top ten for HWs alone atsch

 

Yes. Ali was about as invulnerable as heavyweights get but his punch resistance was probably only 'very good' rather than legendary. He knew how to take the sting off punches, how to clinch, he didn't cut or bruise easily and he was perhaps lucky enough in his later years to not face a dangerous combination hitter.

 

I think Micky Walker should be place in the top ten. Assuming he didnt enter the ring drunk or anything. It would be almost impossible to knock him out.

 

What´s with Ross (btw one of your favourite fighters, right? )? IMO he had also an iron chin, he proved it also against great opposition...

 

Billy Graham, anyone? I only recently even really knew about him but the guys durability was amazing.

 

Ross is up there as well. He was more sober in the ring than Walker. Over 80 fights and not once been stop.

 

Exactly. OK, he was knocked down against the hardpunching natural MW Garcia for example, but let´s not forget, Ross was a natural LW...

 

Juan La Porte deserves a mention.

 

The chins I have highlighted stand out the most.

 

chris eubank had an iron chin.
anyone who doesn't think ali had a cast iron chin should watch the rumble again.

 

Ali was knocked down by Banks, Cooper, Frazier, and Wepner. That alone doesn't put him among the absolute elite. However, he wasn't stopped in his entire career outwith retiring on his stool against Holmes. His chin was great against Foreman as was his punch resistance to the body. His chin was better than Tyson's as he got off the floor to win and Tyson never. I suppose his recorvery powers were better. Tyson was knocked down more times and every time his ass hit the canvas he never got off the floor to win.

 

Eubank had a very good chin. But again doesn't deserve his placing among the top tier. Watson floored him, Benn did, Collins, and Calzaghe.

 

No.

Top display of resistance, definitely, but it doesn't prove Ali had a jaw of legendary proportions in the same league as Jake LaMotta. For a start, Foreman's fists even at their best were wide, swinging demolition balls, the kind that forcefully move you from one side of the ring to the other, but they were never knockout shots. A fighter at the hands of Foreman would typically absorb a multitude of heavy punches instead of sharp ones, dulling their senses rather than detaching them outright. Foreman had all the power and aggression in the world but not the right balance of speed, combination punching, science or delivery to spark fighters the way Joe Louis or Mike Tyson did. Ali was able to partially stave off the many punches Foreman threw at him because he could see them miles off and he had time to either defend against them entirely or prepare for impact when the odd clean one did get through.

 

It's a question of styles, determination, reflexes and a lot more than just punch resistance. I very much doubt Ali would have fared much better than Tyson if he caught the same barrage off James Douglas or Evander Holyfield.