Which heavyweight champs had the weakest chins?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    3 rounds is less time than a number of fighters that fought Tyson.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He was gone against Smith, you`re grasping at straws, but I will say he took a lot of shots before going down, however the ropes were keeping him up.
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    AJ always gets up and took a good left hook from a power punching Dillian Whyte.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Patterson couldn`t have taken the same level of punishment Charles took against Marciano.
     
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  5. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Why do Brits have weak jaws? Can`t be scientific, nothing about a british skull different to any other country and what about black Brits shouldn`t they have the same chin as their ancestry?
     
    mark ant, Mar 8, 2020
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He was out on his feet when he rose the ref proped him up, he was gone.
     
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  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Yes, Hide couldn`t take a big heavyweights power at all.
     
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  8. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    To be fair tho
    He took a lot of punches
    Is that a weak chin?

    Or just he took one too many?
     
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  9. CharlieFirpo85

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    more or less in this order:

    1. Floyd Patterson
    2. Ken Norton
    3. Tommy Morrison
    4. Wladimir Klitschko
    5. (Roy Jones Jr. / Michael Spinks)
    6. AJ / Deonay Wilder
    8. Frank Bruno
     
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  10. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Not sure mark tbh, obviously we didn't have a lot of luck with heavy s up till the 1990 s. Horizontal heavy s they were known as.
    I reckon things have turned right round for us now tho, these last few decades.
    It's the other country s getting the spanking now!.
     
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  11. George Crowcroft

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    Wrong and debatable.
     
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  12. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Fighters with weak chins don't stand in the pocket and trade with Rocky Marciano whilst going 15.
     
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  13. mr. magoo

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    I disagree that Frank couldn’t take a punch. The only men who ever stopped him were all big punchers and in some cases they had to hit him with numerous punches over several or many rounds.
     
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  14. KasimirKid

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    Harry (Kid) Matthews fought Ezzard Charles in 1956 at the tail end of both their careers. Matthews knocked Charles down with a right hand in the first round of their fight. Matthews told me at a Veteran's Boxing picnic in Portland, Oregon that it was the hardest punch he ever landed. He couldn't believe it when Ezzard got up. He said that Ezzard had the best chin of anyone he ever fought. Harry was a great admirer of Charles. However, when he saw how slow Ezzard had become, it convinced Matthews to retire before he ended up the same way. I thought at the time Harry was referring to Ezzard's slow hand speed and reflexes, but looking back on it now, I think he was talking about Charles' overall demeanor as well.
     
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  15. Big Ukrainian

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    Maskaev and Rahman should definitely be in this list with Maskaev being at the very top of it
     
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