Top 10 Greatest Chins In Boxing History

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  1. Mod-Mania

    Mod-Mania Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What are the 10 greatest chins you've ever seen since you've been following boxing? Here's mine in no particular order:

    01 Jake LaMotta
    02 Marvin Hagler
    03 Wayne McCullough
    04 James Toney
    05 Julio Cesar Chavez Sr
    06 James J. Jeffries
    07 Juan LaPorte
    08 Oliver McCall
    09 Chris Eubank Sr
    10 Rocky Marciano

    I think the likes of Panama Al Brown, Mike McCallum, Vitali, Carlos Monzon, Tex Cobb, Ray Mercer and Joe Grim deserves a mention also.
     
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  2. joe brown

    joe brown Keep it Simple Full Member

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    good list I was just about to mention grim
     
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    juppity Boxing Addict Full Member

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  4. mcvey

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    Chuvalo nowhere?
     
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  5. mcvey

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    Tua?
     
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  6. Knights107

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    Ali of course, the real deal :D :D :D :D
     
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  7. Mod-Mania

    Mod-Mania Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Your right i should have put him in the thread.
     
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  8. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Greatest chins I've seen since I started following boxing in no particular order:

    Marvin Hagler
    Julio Cesar Chávez
    Oliver McCall
    Evander Holyfield
    Vitali Klitschko
    Jeff Fenech
    George Foreman
    Jose Luis Ramirez
    Juan LaPorte
    Carl Froch
     
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  9. williams7383

    williams7383 TKO 6 Klit Lickers Full Member

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    Froch was dropped heavily by Jermaine Taylor and George Groves.. Nowhere near top 10 material. Bernard Hopkins worth a shout
     
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  10. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Just about everyone in people's top 10 has been dropped at some time or another but that doesn't mean they don't have a good chin. It's true that Froch was dropped by Taylor and Groves (he did still get up and went on to win both matches ) but he still makes my top 10 of fighters that I've seen because unlike Bernard Hopkins, Froch had a pretty poor defence and so did show a good chin because of the amount of times that he was hit flush and hard in just about every fight he was in yet he on the whole,was rarely troubled by them.
     
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  11. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Both times he got up won and by stoppage.

    Only the greatest of chins get back up and win. Its the #1 factor in evaluating ones chin strength.
     
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  12. Tankatron

    Tankatron Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ive watched boxing since the Hagler/Minter fight so going by that time scale I would go with:
    Marvin Hagler
    David Tua
    James Toney
    Chris Eubanks Snr
    Vitali Klitcschko
    Carl Froch
    Evander Holyfield
    Wayne Mcullough
    Robert Guerrero
    Ruslan Provotnikov
    As someone already stated, some of the above have been knocked down several times but, they were cracked with some serious bombs and still went on to win. All of the above have been cracked flush by some of the hardest punches in recent boxing history many, many times and have shown little to no deterioration in the chin department.
     
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  13. Mendoza

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    Some other names not mentioned

    Ross
    Nelson
    Greb
    Saddler
     
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  14. TheOldTimer

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    Mccall, Chuvalo, Ali, Marciano, Robinson, Fulmer, Gavilan, Greb, Hagler, Toney,
    Farr, Chavez Sr.
     
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  15. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Monzon
     
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