Which heavyweight champion had the worst chin?

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  1. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    It's amazing not to have a chin and still become the number 1 in the heavyweight division when 200 plus pounders are looking to detonate bombs on your fragile mandible.
     
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  2. Kratos

    Kratos Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Definitely Patterson.
     
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  3. jas

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    Who would be your runner up?
     
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  4. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    True , but remember Floyd was a middleweight gold metal champ.

    He was really a overfed light heavyweight
     
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  5. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Maybe Michael M.
     
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  6. eltirado

    eltirado Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pretty much they all belong to the unfairly overpowered smaller guys moving up category

    Roy Jones jr, Floyd, M.M.
     
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  7. jas

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    Where would wlad be on your list?
     
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  8. eltirado

    eltirado Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wlad chin = LL chin
     
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  9. The Mongoose

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    Rahman, Moorer, and Leon Spinks.
     
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  10. The Mongoose

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    Below Rahman, Moorer, Leon Spinks, Lewis, and Patterson.
     
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  11. Thread Stealer

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    Lineal champion or title-holder?

    Bruce Seldon would qualify under the latter.
     
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  12. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Rahman took blow after blow by Sanders before winning the fight.

    Wlad folded like an empty purse after only 2-3 of Sanders shots.

    Learn the sport ffs.

    Rahmans chin>>> Wlads cream chin.
     
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  13. jas

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    I was gonna say lineal but this thread which said there's not been many lineal champs if i remember right:

    http://www.boxingforum24.com/showthread.php?t=500409
     
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  14. The Mongoose

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    What makes you say that?
     
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  15. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Debatable. Patterson was down a lot, but he was stopped only five times, the same amount as Mike Tyson.

    He was stopped twice by ATG puncher Liston, once by puncher Johansson (who he survived twice) and twice on accumulation by ATG Ali.

    As well as Johansson, he survived Bonavena (knocked out 44 heavies), Chuvalo (knocked out 64 heavyweights), Archie Moore, Henry Cooper etc. He's an ok answer, but I don't like that he's become the de facto answer.
     
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